Lactic acid bacteria were cultivated from the gut of insects and analyzed. The gut samples were obtained from Anoplocnemis dallasi, Apis mellifera, Diestrammena coreana, Gonolabis marginalis, and Mycalesis gotama. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the culture-dependent lactic acid bacteria isolated from the insect gut samples belonged to the genera Enterococcus, Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Leuconostoc, and Weissella. The genera Enterococcus and Lactococcus were dominant, constituting 57% and 25% of the isolated strains, respectively. The distribution of lactic acid bacteria was found to differ according to the insect species. However, because culture-dependent methods identify only a portion of lactic acid bacterial communities, the use of culture-independent methods in future studies will be required to complement the methods used in the present study.

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• In-Tae Cha(Korea Basic Science Institute/Division of Bioengineering, Incheon National University)
• Hae-Won Lee(World Institute of Kimchi)
• Jin-Kyu Rhee(Korea Basic Science Institute)
• Ji-Hyun Yun(Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University)
• Kyung June Yim(Korea Basic Science Institute)
• Hye Seon Song(Korea Basic Science Institute)
• Young-Do Nam(Fermentation Research Center, Korea Food Research Institute)
• Seong Woon Roh(Korea Basic Science Institute) Corresponding author
• Myung-Ji Seo(Division of Bioengineering, Incheon National University) Corresponding author