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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01389
Keywords
Bifidobacterium longum; microencapsulation; sodium alginate; emulsification and internal gelation; chitosan; acid resistant; bile salt resistant
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81573329, 81773616, 81603004]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [16ZR1435400]
- Program of Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist [17XD1423200]
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Bifidobacteria are considered one of the most important intestinal probiotics because of their significant health impact. However, this ability is usually limited by gastrointestinal fluid and temperature sensitivity. Emulsification and internal gelation is an encapsulation technique with great potential for probiotic protection during storage and the gastrointestinal transit process. This study prepared microcapsules using an emulsification and internal gelation encapsulation method with sodium alginate, chitosan, and Bifidobacterium longum as wall material, coating material, and experimental strain, respectively. Optical, scanning electron, and focal microscopes were used to observe the microcapsule surface morphology and internal viable cell distribution, and a laser particle size analyzer and zeta potentiometer were used to evaluate the chitosan-coating characteristics. In addition, microcapsule probiotic viability after storage, heat treatment, and simulated gastrointestinal fluid treatment were examined. Alginate microcapsules and chitosan-coated alginate microcapsules both had balling properties and uniform bacterial distribution. The latter kept its balling properties after freeze-drying, verified by scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), and had a clear external coating, observed by an optical microscope. The particle size of chitosan-coated alginate microcapsules was slightly larger than the uncoated microcapsules. The zeta potential of alginate and chitosan-coated alginate microcapsules was negative and positive, respectively. Heat, acid and bile salt tolerance, and stability tests revealed that the decrease of viable cells in the chitosan-coated alginate microcapsule group was significantly lower than that in uncoated microcapsules. These experimental results indicate that the chitosan-coated alginate microcapsules protect B. longum from gastrointestinal fluid and high-temperature conditions.
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