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Probiotics as an Alternative to Antibiotics: Genomic and Physiological Characterization of Aerobic Spore Formers from the Human Intestine

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MICROORGANISMS
卷 11, 期 8, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11081978

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probiotics; antimicrobials; beneficial bacteria; Bacillus velezensis; Bacillus subtilis; Priestia megaterium; antibiotic resistance; antioxidants; CSF

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Thirty-two aerobic spore former strains isolated from healthy children's intestinal samples were analyzed for hemolytic and antibiotic-resistant activities. Four selected non-hemolytic strains, sensitive to all relevant antibiotics, were evaluated for their probiotic potentials in silico and in vitro. Genomic and physiological analysis showed that these strains do not pose safety concerns and have the potential to be used as an alternative to antibiotics.
A total of thirty-two aerobic spore former strains were isolated from intestinal samples of healthy children and analyzed for their hemolytic and antibiotic-resistant activities. Four strains selected as non-hemolytic and sensitive to all antibiotics recommended as relevant by regulatory agencies were short-listed and evaluated for their in silico and in vitro probiotic potentials. The four selected strains were assigned to the Bacillus velezensis (MV4 and MV11), B. subtilis (MV24), and Priestia megaterium (formerly Bacillus megaterium) (MV30) species. A genomic analysis indicated that MV4, MV11, and MV24 contained a homolog of the gene coding for the fibrinolytic enzyme nattokinase while only MV30 encoded a glutamic acid decarboxylase essential to synthesize the neurotransmitter GABA. All four strains contained gene clusters potentially coding for new antimicrobials, showed strong antioxidant activity, formed biofilm, and produced/secreted quorum-sensing peptides able to induce a cytoprotective stress response in a model of human intestinal (HT-29) cells. Altogether, genomic and physiological data indicate that the analyzed strains do not pose safety concerns and have in vitro probiotic potentials allowing us to propose their use as an alternative to antibiotics.

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