PMID- 34555172 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211224 LR - 20240405 IS - 1476-5535 (Electronic) IS - 1367-5435 (Print) IS - 1367-5435 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 9-10 DP - 2021 Dec 23 TI - Properties of an acid-tolerant, persistent Cheddar cheese isolate, Lacticaseibacillus paracasei GCRL163. LID - 10.1093/jimb/kuab070 [doi] LID - kuab070 AB - The distinctive flavours in hard cheeses are attributed largely to the activity of nonstarter lactic acid bacteria (NSLAB) which dominate the cheese matrix during maturation after lactose is consumed. Understanding how different strains of NSLAB survive, compete, and scavenge available nutrients is fundamental to selecting strains as potential adjunct starters which may influence product traits. Three Lacticaseibacillus paracasei isolates which dominated at different stages over 63-week maturation periods of Australian Cheddar cheeses had the same molecular biotype. They shared many phenotypic traits, including salt tolerance, optimum growth temperature, growth on N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine plus delayed growth on D-ribose, carbon sources likely present in cheese due to bacterial autolysis. However, strains 124 and 163 (later named GCRL163) survived longer at low pH and grew on D-tagatose and D-mannitol, differentiating this phenotype from strain 122. When cultured on growth-limiting lactose (0.2%, wt/vol) in the presence of high concentrations of L-leucine and other amino acids, GCRL163 produced, and subsequently consumed lactate, forming acetic and formic acids, and demonstrated temporal accumulation of intermediates in pyruvate metabolism in long-term cultures. Strain GCRL163 grew in Tween 80-tryptone broths, a trait not shared by all L. casei-group dairy isolates screened in this study. Including citrate in this medium stimulated growth of GCRL163 above citrate alone, suggesting cometabolism of citrate and Tween 80. Proteomic analysis of cytosolic proteins indicated that growth in Tween 80 produced a higher stress state and increased relative abundance of three cell envelope proteinases (CEPs) (including PrtP and Dumpy), amongst over 230 differentially expressed proteins. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. FAU - Shah, Syed S AU - Shah SS AD - Food Safety and Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia. FAU - Al-Naseri, Ali AU - Al-Naseri A AD - Food Safety and Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia. FAU - Rouch, Duncan AU - Rouch D AD - Clarendon Policy and Strategy Group, Melbourne 3000, Australia. FAU - Bowman, John P AU - Bowman JP AD - Food Safety and Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia. FAU - Wilson, Richard AU - Wilson R AD - Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia. FAU - Baker, Anthony L AU - Baker AL AD - Food Safety and Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia. FAU - Britz, Margaret L AU - Britz ML AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6413-3756 AD - Food Safety and Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia. LA - eng GR - ACTP029/Dairy Australia/ GR - University of Tasmania/ PT - Journal Article PL - Germany TA - J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol JT - Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology JID - 9705544 RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) SB - IM MH - Australia MH - *Cheese MH - Lactic Acid MH - *Lactobacillales/genetics MH - Proteomics PMC - PMC8788758 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Lactobacillus OT - Nutrient starvation OT - Proteomics OT - Tween 80 EDAT- 2021/09/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/25 06:00 PMCR- 2021/09/23 CRDT- 2021/09/23 17:27 PHST- 2021/08/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/09/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/23 17:27 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 6374559 [pii] AID - kuab070 [pii] AID - 10.1093/jimb/kuab070 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2021 Dec 23;48(9-10):kuab070. doi: 10.1093/jimb/kuab070.