“…The strain WiKim0068 was isolated from kimchi, a Korean fermented food, in Gwangju, Korea using the dilution plating method, and incubated on De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe (MRS) agar (MB cell, LA, USA) at 30°C for 48 h under anaerobic conditions (BD GasPak™ EZ Anaerobe Container Systems, New Jersey, USA). Physiological characteristics (acid production, carbonsource utilization, enzyme activity, and biochemical feature) were determined using the API 50CH, API ZYM, and API 20E galleries (bioMérieux, France), according to the manufacturer's instructions [31,32], while the bacteria were incubated at 30°C for 48 h under anaerobic conditions. Anaerobic conditions were maintained using mineral oil.…”