Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (9): 58-67.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2021-0813

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Isolation,Identification of Lactic Acid Degrading Bacteria in Alfalfa Silage and Their Degradation Characterization

CUI Xin-yu(), LI Rong-rong, CAI Rui, WANG Yan, ZHENG Meng-hu, XU Chun-cheng()   

  1. College of Engineering,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100083
  • Received:2021-06-27 Online:2021-09-26 Published:2021-10-25
  • Contact: XU Chun-cheng E-mail:cuixinyu1010@163.com;xucc@cau.edu.cn

Abstract:

In order to solve the lactic acid degradation problem during alfalfa silage,three varieties of alfalfa were selected for silage,and sodium lactate was used as the sole carbon source to isolate microorganisms capable of degrading lactic acid. The morphological observation,physiological and biochemical characteristics and 16S rDNA sequence analysis were employed to identify the strains,and the UV spectrophotometry and gas chromatography were used to study degradation rate and characteristics of the strains. A total of 75 strains of lactic acid degrading bacteria were obtained,among which RSM9,RSF15,RSF2 and RSH16 with high degradation rate were selected. They were identified as Hafnia sp.,Proteus sp.,Obesumbacterium sp. and Citrobacter sp. The degradation rates of lactic acid reached 44.64%,33.86%,30.64% and 33.35% after 120 h of anaerobic culture at 30℃ and pH 6.2,respectively. The acid metabolites of the 4 strains were mainly acetic acid and propionic acid,and 4 strains were effectively inhibited at pH<5.0. NAD-independent lactate dehydrogenases and lactate oxidase were detected in all strains except for RSH16. Four strains of lactic acid degrading bacteria are screened from the process of alfalfa silage,as well as,their metabolism of lactic acid can increase the pH of the system and cause the decline of alfalfa silage quality.

Key words: alfalfa, lactic acid degrading bacteria, isolation and identification, fermentation quality, degradation characterization