Abstract:
To make use of waste tobacco stems, a strain XJL, which could produce L-latic acid via fermentation of tobacco stem extract, was isolated from sweet potato starch waste water. By testing the cultural, morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics combining with 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis, XJL was preliminarily identified as a strain of
Lactobacillus casei. When stem was fermented at 35℃ for 48 hours with a load capacity of 100/150 mL and inoculant rate of 7.5%, the maximum yield of L-lactic acid reached 143 g/kg.