%0 Journal Article %T BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM FISH AND PRAWN %A Parvathy Seema Nair and Puthuvallil Kumaran Surendran %J Journal of Culture Collections %D 2005 %I %X Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from various samples of fresh and frozen fish and prawn. Thirteen species of Lactobacillus were identified among the 64% isolates. Among them, L. plantarum was the dominant species. The remaining 36% isolates of Lactobacillus could not be assigned to any species with the available taxonomic schemes. %K - %U http://www.bioline.org.br/request?cc05006