Degradation of cassava linamarin by lactic acid bacteria

Six out of ten lactic acid bacteria strains tested displayed linamarase activity. #Lactobacillus plantarum$ strain A6 displayed the greatest activity affecting 36 U/g cells on MRS cellobiose. The strain also broke down in less than 2 hours the linamarin extracted from cassava juice. HPLC analysis of the products of the reaction showed that the bacteria converted the linamarin into lactic acid and acetone cyanohydrin. (Résumé d'auteur