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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 6, Pages 663-672Publisher
MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETY KOREA
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-009-0124-8
Keywords
probiotics; Lactobacillus spp.; safety; characteristics; tolerance
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- ARPC [550-20040093]
- Bio-Green 21 [20070401-034-009-007-02-00, KRF-2006-005-J02901]
- BK21, Korea
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are a well-used probiotics for health improvements in both humans and animals. Despite of several benefits, non-host-specific LAB showed poor probiotics effects due to difficulty in colonization and competition with normal flora. Therefore, the feasibility of porcine LAB isolates was evaluated as a probiotics. Ten of 49 Lactobacillus spp. isolates harbored 2 similar to 10 kb plasmid DNA. Seven strains were selected based on the safety test, such as hemolyitc activity, ammonia, indole, and phenylalanine production. After safety test, five strains were selected again by several tests, such as epithelial adherence, antimicrobial activity, tolerance against acid, bile, heat, and cold-drying, and production of acid and hydrogen peroxide. Then, enzyme profiles (ZYM test) and antibiotics resistance were analyzed for further characterization. Five Lactobacillus reuteri isolates from pig feces were selected by safety and functional tests. The plasmid DNA which was able to develop vector system was detected in the isolates. Together with these approaches, pig-specific Lactobacillus spp. originated from pigs were selected. These strains may he useful tools to develop oral delivery system.
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