Screening,identification and fermentation characteristics of salt-tolerant lactic acid bacteria in traditional pickled vegetables of Northeast
In this study,salt-tolerant lactic acid bacteria were isolated and screened from traditional pickled vegetables of Northeast using the calcium solubilizing circle method and salt-tolerance performance analysis,the screened strains were identified using morphological observation,physiological and biochemical tests and 16S rRNA sequencing analysis,and the fermentation characteristics of the salt-tolerant lactic acid bacteria were further evaluated by determining the ability of the strains in acid production,nitrite degradation,antioxidant,bacteriostatic,aroma production and β-glucosi-dase production,and so on.The results showed that 6 strains of lactic acid bacteria were isolated from 7 pickled vegetables.Among them,the strains GNL2 and GNL3 with good salt tolerance could grow well under the conditions of 16%NaCl,and both of them were identified as Lactiplantibacillus plantarum.Compared with the strain GNL2,the strain GNL3 had better fermentation characteristics,with better acid-producing properties,the pH of fermentation broth was 3.75,the nitrite degradation rate was 99.73%,the β-glucosidase activity was 0.75 U/ml,the scavenging rate of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH)radical of the intact cellular extracts was 80.60%,the scavenging rate of superoxide anion radical of cell-free extract was 78.70%,and the synthesis capacity of butanedione and acetaldehyde was 11.13 mg/L and 16.02 mg/L,respectively.The results indicated that the strain GNL3 could be applied in the production of traditional pickled vegetables in Northeast,and it could provide a high-quality bacterial resource for the realization of high-quality and large-scale production of traditional pickled vegetables.