Ayodeji, DavidPiccirillo, ClaraFerraro, VincenzaMoreira, PatríciaObadina, AdewaleSanni, LateefPintado, M.M.E2015-05-112015-05-112014AYODEJI, David … [et al.] - Isolation and characterisation of lactic acid bacteria from cassava by products. In Congress on Food Structure Design, 1st, Porto, Portugal, 15-17 October, 2014. VICENTE, A. A. ; SILVA, C. L. M. ; PIAZZA, L. (eds.) - Book of Abstracts of the 1st Congress on Food Structure Design. Braga: Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, 2014. ISBN 978-989-97478-5-2. p. 1649789899747852http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/17512Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are known for their probiotic properties. Literature reports how they can be isolated from both food products and their by-products, in particular from food/byproducts which went through a fermentation process. Cassava is a root crop with high nutritional value, widely consumed in many African, Asian and South American countries. Cassava food items and by-products could be used to isolate probiotic strains. In this work we report about the isolation of several LAB strains from the effluents of gari and fufu, two cassava-based food items typical of Nigeria. The isolate were analysed to determine their morphology, Gram-staining, acid and bile salt tolerance; moreover, molecular characterisation was also performed. Indeed some of the strains showed interesting properties. This study shows the potential of cassava as a source of LAB, which could find numerous applications in the food industry.engLactic acid bacteria isolationconference object