RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Technological and safety assessment of selected lactic acid bacteria for cheese starter cultures design: Enzymatic and antimicrobial activity, antibiotic resistance and biogenic amine production A1 Abarquero, Daniel A1 Bodelón Macías, Raquel A1 Flórez, Ana Belén A1 Fresno Baro, José María A1 Renes Bañuelos, Erica A1 Mayo, Baltasar A1 Tornadijo Rodríguez, María Eugenia A2 Tecnologia de los Alimentos K1 Tecnología de los alimentos K1 Antibiotic resistance K1 Antimicrobial activity K1 Biogenic amines K1 Enzymatic activities K1 Glutamate dehydrogenase AB [EN] Twenty lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from artisanal cheeses and previously selected for their technological properties were screened for their enzymatic activities, antimicrobial activity and safety. The aim was to select those LAB strains that were safe and showed advantageous properties for the development of starter cultures for cheese making, discarding those that could transfer antibiotic resistance or produce any toxic biogenic amines. Aminopeptidase activities were detected in most strains, particularly high for the substrate leucine arylamidase, and most lactobacilli and Leuconostoc strains showed high β-galactosidase activity. Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) activity was detected in 13 strains, although the activity values varied widely. All strains showed antimicrobial activity against the indicator microorganisms due to acid production. However, only one of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strains showed an inhibitory activity against Enterococcus faecalis due to bacteriocin-like compounds. In particular, Levilactobacillus brevis TAUL1567 and Lactiplantibacillus paraplantarum TAUL1399 showed resistance to tetracycline and ampicillin, respectively, above the cut-off values and were therefore excluded. Tyramine was only produced by L. brevis TAUL1567 (193.15 μg ml−1), while putrescine was produced by this strain and two strains of Lactococcus lactis. Finally, 14 strains produced γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), five of them at concentrations around or above 100 μg ml−1. PB Elsevier SN 0023-6438 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/16000 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/16000 NO Abarquero, D., Bodelón, R., Flórez, A. B., Fresno, J. M., Renes, E., Mayo, B., & Tornadijo, M. E. (2023). Technological and safety assessment of selected lactic acid bacteria for cheese starter cultures design: Enzymatic and antimicrobial activity, antibiotic resistance and biogenic amine production. Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft Und Technologie [Food Science and Technology], 180(114709), 114709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2023.114709 DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León RD 22-may-2024