NOVEL STRAINS OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM K255 WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY OF GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID

摘要

The present invention relates to a lactobacillus L. plantarum K255 strain having excellent gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) productivity. The strain of the present invention has a very high producing amount of GABA which is a bioactive substance and also has bile resistance and strong acid resistance. Moreover, the strain exhibits more excellent acid producing and fermenting properties in soybean milk than in nonfat milk so as to be used as a fermentation starter strain for producing not only fermented milk products but also fermented soybean milk.