| effect of a defined continuous-flow derived bacterial culture and dietary lactose on salmonella typhimurium colonization in broiler chickens. | a defined bacterial culture protective against salmonella typhimurium cecal colonization in broiler chicks was derived utilizing a continuous-flow (cf) culture apparatus. chicks receiving the cf culture in combination with a diet containing dietary lactose were protected against cecal colonization by s. typhimurium. the culture consisted of a mixture of gram-positive and gram-negative facultative and strictly anaerobic bacteria. the isolates were identified as enterococcus avium, two strains of ... | 1993 | 8141728 |
| lectin-like protein fractions in lactic acid bacteria isolated from chickens. | agglutination of fifty bacterial strains isolated from gastric-intestinal tract of chickens with yeasts treated with glutaraldehyde and glycine was assayed to study possible adhesion mechanisms to epithelia. it was found that lactobacillus fermentum, lactobacillus fermentum subsp. cellobiosus and lactobacillus animalis agglutinated yeasts massively and this agglutination was inhibited in each strain by different representative sugars: agglutination was inhibited in three selected strains with 0. ... | 1999 | 9989654 |
| lactobacilli isolated from chicken intestines: potential use as probiotics. | lactobacillus strains were tested for their in vitro probiotic properties. cell surface hydrophobicity was found to be very high for lactobacillus fermentum subsp. cellobiosus and salmonella gallinarum; high values could indicate a greater ability to adhere to epithelial cells. studies on lactobacillus animalis indicated relative cell surface hydrophobicities smaller than those of l. fermentum subsp. cellobiosus and l. fermentum. l. animalis and enterococcus faecalis were able to coaggregate wit ... | 1999 | 10090244 |
| phylogeny of the defined murine microbiota: altered schaedler flora. | the "altered schaedler flora" (asf) was developed for colonizing germfree rodents with a standardized microbiota. the purpose of this study was to identify each of the eight asf strains by 16s rrna sequence analysis. three strains were previously identified as lactobacillus acidophilus (strain asf 360), lactobacillus salivarius (strain asf 361), and bacteroides distasonis (strain asf 519) based on phenotypic criteria. 16s rrna analysis indicated that each of the strains differed from its presump ... | 1999 | 10427008 |
| some probiotic properties of chicken lactobacilli. | the beneficial effect of lactobacilli has been attributed to their ability to colonize human and animal gastrointestinal tracts. in this work, adhesion assays with three lactobacillus strains and intestinal fragments obtained from chickens were assessed. lactobacillus animalis and l. fermentum were able to adhere to three kinds of epithelial cells (crop, small and large intestines) with predominance to small intestine. among the strains considered, l. fermentum subsp. cellobiosus showed the lowe ... | 1999 | 10696476 |
| examination of adhesive determinants in three species of lactobacillus isolated from chicken. | the microbial adhesion process includes passive forces; electrostatic interactions; hydrophobic, steric forces; lipoteichoic acids; and specific structures, such as external appendages (lectins) and (or) extracellular polymers. in a previous work, we showed that lactobacillus animalis, l. fermentum, and l. fermentum ssp. cellobiosus had lectinlike proteic structures on their surfaces and high hydrophobicity values on the cell surface of l. fermentum ssp. cellobiosus. here, we examined the presen ... | 2002 | 11888161 |
| characterization of lactobacilli towards their use as probiotic adjuncts in poultry. | a total of 112 strains of lactic acid bacteria of duck origin were studied for their use as a probiotic feed supplement. | 2002 | 11972703 |
| adhesion of probiotic lactobacilli to chick intestinal mucus. | in the present work, interactions between three lactobacillus strains (lactobacillus fermentum crl1015, lactobacillus animalis crl1014, and lactobacillus fermentum crl1016) and chicken small intestinal mucus were determined. three lactobacilli isolated from chicken and selected by their potentially probiotic properties were able to grow in mucus preparations. three peaks from gel filtration chromatography of intestinal mucus were obtained. the adhesion to three mucus fractions (i, ii, and iii), ... | 2003 | 14569288 |
| extracellular homopolysaccharides and oligosaccharides from intestinal lactobacilli. | to characterize lactobacilli isolated from the intestines of ducks or pigs with respect to the production of extracellular homopolysaccharides (hops) and oligosaccharides. | 2005 | 16108811 |
| searching for bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria in soil. | a survey was conducted on the isolation and characterization of bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria in soil. forty-two acid-producing bacterial strains were isolated from 55 soil samples collected in yamanashi prefecture, japan. investigation of antibacterial activities of isolates revealed that three isolates, lactobacillus animalis c060203, enterococcus durans c102901 and leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides c060204, showed antibacterial activities against the indicator strain ... | 2006 | 16598155 |
| lactobacillus apodemi sp. nov., a tannase-producing species isolated from wild mouse faeces. | a gram-positive, rod-shaped, non-endospore-forming bacterium, strain asb1(t), able to degrade tannin, was isolated from faeces of the japanese large wood mouse, apodemus speciosus. comparative analysis of the 16s rrna gene sequence revealed that the strain could be assigned as a member of the genus lactobacillus. the nearest phylogenetic neighbours were determined as lactobacillus animalis dsm 20602(t) (98.9 % 16s rrna gene sequence similarity) and lactobacillus murinus asf 361 (98.9 %). subsequ ... | 2006 | 16825652 |
| characteristics and effects of temperature and surfactants on bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance production of soil-isolated lactobacillus animalis c060203. | a soil isolate of lactobacillus animalis was found to produce a bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance (blis) with a wide inhibitory spectrum against gram-positive bacteria. the isolate exhibited high blis production in broth containing surfactants, such as tween 20 and 80, but low blis production in the absence of surfactants. culture temperature also had an effect on blis production. this is the first report to study the production and characteristics of l. animalis blis. | 2006 | 17066339 |
| effect of a lactobacillus animalis strain on composition and metabolism of the intestinal microflora in adult dogs. | probiotics are microorganisms that are added to food to exert beneficial effects on the host. aim of the present study was the in vitro and in vivo evaluation of the effect of lactobacillus animalis la4 (isolated from the faeces of a healthy adult dog) on composition and metabolism of dog intestinal microflora. when added to dog faecal cultures, la4 reduced enterococci and increased lactobacilli counts throughout the study, whereas c. perfringens counts were significantly reduced at 24 h. after ... | 2007 | 17462835 |
| casein fermentate of lactobacillus animalis dpc6134 contains a range of novel propeptide angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. | this work evaluated the angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ace)-inhibitory activities of a bovine sodium caseinate fermentate generated using the proteolytic capabilities of the porcine small intestinal isolate lactobacillus animalis dpc6134 (ncimb deposit 41355). the crude 10-kda l. animalis dpc6134 fermentate exhibited ace-inhibitory activity of 85.51% (+/-15%) and had a 50% inhibitory concentration (ic50) of 0.8 mg protein/ml compared to captopril, which had an ic50 value of 0.005 mg/ml. fraction ... | 2007 | 17483275 |
| metabolic activity of probiotics-oxalate degradation. | urinary tract stones are an important clinical problem in human and veterinary medicine. hyperoxaluria is the single strongest promoter of kidney stone formation. the aims of the present study were to (a) evaluate oxalate degradation by a range of bifidobacteria species and lactobacillus species isolated from the canine and feline gastrointestinal tract in vitro and (b) to determine the impact of oxalate degradation by selected strains in vivo. the bacteria were grown in oxalate-containing media ... | 2009 | 19028028 |
| identification and evaluation of the probiotic potential of lactobacilli isolated from canine milk. | canine milk protects puppies against infectious diseases through a variety of mechanisms. in this study, the presence of potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria grown on mrs-cys agar plates from milk of nine bitches was investigated. the gram positive catalase negative bacilli identified in this study belonged to four lactobacillus species (lactobacillus reuteri, lactobacillus fermentum, lactobacillus murinus, lactobacillus animalis), as well as one isolate that was identified as weissella vi ... | 2010 | 19451012 |
| structural and immunochemical studies of neutral exopolysaccharide produced by lactobacillus johnsonii 142. | this paper describes the structure of neutral exopolysaccharide (eps) produced by lactobacillus johnsonii 142, strain of the lactic acid bacteria isolated from the intestine of mice with experimentally induced inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). sugar and methylation analyses along with (1)h and (13)c nmr spectroscopy, including two-dimensional (1)h,(1)h cosy, tocsy, noesy, and (1)h,(13)c hsqc experiments revealed that the repeating unit of the eps is a pentasaccharide: -->3)-alpha-d-galp-(1-->3)- ... | 2010 | 19897181 |
| genome sequence of lactobacillus animalis kctc 3501. | lactobacillus animalis is one of the most prevalent lactic acid bacteria present during the manufacturing process of kimchi, the best-known traditional korean dish. here, we present the draft genome sequence of lactobacillus animalis type strain kctc 3501 (1,882,795 bp, with a g+c content of 41.1%), which consists of 7 scaffolds. | 2010 | 21183665 |
| screening of species-specific lactic acid bacteria for veal calves multi-strain probiotic adjuncts. | the selection of promising specific species of lactic acid bacteria with potential probiotic characteristics is of particular interest in producing multi species-specific probiotic adjuncts in veal calves rearing. the aim of the present work was to select and evaluate in vitro the functional activity of lactic acid bacteria, bifidobacterium longum and bacillus coagulans strains isolated from veal calves in order to assess their potential use as multi species-specific probiotics for veal calves. ... | 2011 | 21619939 |
| screening of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria for potential probiotic use in iberian dry fermented sausages. | the purpose of this study was to select lactic acid bacteria and bifibobacteria strains as potential probiotic cultures during the processing of iberian dry fermented sausages. a total of 1000 strains were isolated from iberian dry fermented sausages (363), and human (337) and pig faeces (300) in different culture media. around 30% of these strains, mainly isolated from iberian dry fermented sausages in lamvab agar, were pre-selected for testing as potential probiotics by their ability to grow a ... | 2008 | 22063588 |
| identification of lactobacillus curvatus tmw 1.624 dextransucrase and comparative characterization with lactobacillus reuteri tmw 1.106 and lactobacillus animalis tmw 1.971 dextransucrases. | recently, it was affirmed that the exopolysaccharides (epss) of lactobacillus curvatus tmw 1.624, lactobacillus reuteri tmw 1.106 and lactobacillus animalis tmw 1.971 improve the quality of gluten-free breads and that they can be produced in situ to levels enabling baking applications. in this study we provide insight into the molecular and biochemical background of eps production of these three strains. eps formation strongly correlated with growth and took place during the exponential phase. g ... | 2012 | 23498178 |
| purification and molecular characterization of the novel highly potent bacteriocin tsu4 produced by lactobacillus animalis tsu4. | bacterial infections causing fish diseases and spoilage during fish food processing and storage are major concerns in aquaculture. use of bacteriocins has recently been considered as an effective strategy for prevention of bacterial infections. a novel bacteriocin produced by catla catla gut isolates, lactobacillus animalis tsu4, designated as bacteriocin tsu4 was purified to homogeneity by a three-step protocol. the molecular mass of bacteriocin tsu4 was 4117 da determined by q-tof lc/ms analys ... | 2015 | 26245257 |
| in vitro evaluation of probiotic properties of lactic acid bacteria from the gut of labeo rohita and catla catla. | we report the evaluation of probiotic properties of potent lactic acid bacteria (lab) from the gut of freshwater fishes, labeo rohita and catla catla, for eventually developing probiotic strains for the prevention of bacterial infections in aquaculture and food preservation. five different lab strains were isolated and characterized for their probiotic properties. based on physiological, morphological and biochemical characteristics, three isolates from labeo rohita and two from catla catla were ... | 2015 | 25634754 |
| in vitro assessment of functional properties of lactic acid bacteria isolated from faecal microbiota of healthy dogs for potential use as probiotics. | lactic acid bacteria were isolated and identified in the faeces of chinese crested and yorkshire terrier pups and their probiotic features were investigated in vitro. thirty seven isolates were identified as lactobacillus or enterococcus. out of these isolates, 31 were lactic acid bacteria (lab) and belonged to the species lactobacillus reuteri (16/37; 43.3%), lactobacillus animalis (7/37; 18.9%), lactobacillus acidophilus (3/37; 8.1%), lactobacillus sanfranciscensis (2/37; 5.4%), lactobacillus ... | 2013 | 23538205 |
| reduced burden of salmonella enterica in bovine subiliac lymph nodes associated with administration of a direct-fed microbial. | despite effective food safety interventions within abattoirs, salmonella enterica remains a common contaminant of raw ground beef. research has recently implicated peripheral lymph nodes (plns) as a potential route by which salmonella contaminates ground beef. this study examined the efficacy of using lactobacillus animalis (formerly designated lactobacillus acidophilus; np51) and propionibacterium freudenreichii (np24), at 10(9) cfu/head/day, as a direct-fed microbial (dfm) in feedlot cattle di ... | 2015 | 25781340 |
| comparison of phenotypic and genotypic methods used for the species identification of lactobacillus np51 and development of a strain-specific pcr assay. | the species level identity of lactobacillus np51, a commercial direct-fed microbial previously identified as lactobacillus acidophilus np51, was re-evaluated to determine whether new technologies resulted in changes in the original identification. the phenotypic methods for species identification included api 50 chl kit and two automated systems, vitek 2 and midi (fame analysis; a total of three independent fame analyses). discrepancies among the identification results with all methods of phenot ... | 2010 | 26781323 |
| role of lactic acid bacteria as a biosanitizer to prevent attachment of listeria monocytogenes f6900 on deli slicer contact surfaces. | the study was conducted to evaluate the attachment of three lactic acid bacteria (lab) strains and their combination in a cocktail, to stainless steel coupons from a deli slicer, and their ability to inhibit the attachment of listeria monocytogenes. in a previous study, three lab strains, pediococcus acidilactici, lactobacillus amylovorus, and lactobacillus animalis, were isolated from ready-to-eat meat and exhibited antilisterial effect. in the study reported here, hydrophobicity tests were det ... | 2012 | 22856566 |
| lactobacillus faecis sp. nov., isolated from animal faeces. | three lactic acid bacteria were isolated from faeces of a jackal (canis mesomelas) and raccoons (procyron lotor). the isolates formed a subcluster in the lactobacillus salivarius phylogenetic group, closely related to lactobacillus animalis, lactobacillus apodemi and lactobacillus murinus, by phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna and reca gene sequences. levels of dna-dna relatedness revealed that the isolates belonged to the same taxon and were genetically separated from their phylogenetic re ... | 2013 | 23907223 |
| draft genome sequences of lactobacillus animalis strain p38 and lactobacillus reuteri strain p43 isolated from chicken cecum. | here, we present the genome sequence of lactobacillus animalis strain p38 and lactobacillus reuteri strain p43, both isolated from the cecum content of a 4-week old chicken fed a diet supplemented with the prebiotic β(1-4)galacto-oligosaccharide (gos). these indigenous lactobacillus isolates are potential probiotic organisms for poultry. | 2016 | 27811108 |
| a comparison of cell mediators and serum cytokines transcript expression between male and female mice infected with mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and/or consuming probiotics. | the gut immune system is complex, and dysregulation leads to a number of disorders including inflammatory bowel syndrome and (in livestock) johne's disease. previous work has demonstrated that males and females respond differently to treatment with pathologic and probiotic microorganisms, suggesting that a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to treat git inflammation may be inadequate. while we had observed significant differences between males and females in terms of cytokine production, it remains un ... | 2014 | 25044984 |
| effects of the probiotic lactobacillus animalis in murine mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection. | map is a suspected zoonotic pathogen and the causative agent of johne's disease in cattle and other ruminant animals. with over $1 billion dollars in loss to the dairy industry due to johne's disease, efforts to eliminate or reduce map from cattle are of importance. the purpose of this study was to determine if daily intake of probiotics could eliminate or reduce johne's disease associated symptoms and pathogenesis by map. post infection, animals are often asymptomatic carriers with limited shed ... | 2013 | 23324647 |
| host responses to the pathogen mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and beneficial microbes exhibit host sex specificity. | differences between microbial pathogenesis in male and female hosts are well characterized in disease conditions connected to sexual transmission. however, limited biological insight is available on variances attributed to sex specificity in host-microbe interactions, and it is most often a minimized variable outside these transmission events. in this work, we studied two gut microbes-a pathogen, mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, and a probiotic, lactobacillus animalis np-51-and the i ... | 2014 | 24814797 |
| in vivo assessment of immunogenicity and toxicity of the bacteriocin tsu4 in balb/c mice. | bacteriocin tsu4 is a novel antimicrobial peptide isolated from catla catla gut isolate lactobacillus animalis tsu4. it has been reported for its potential antimicrobial activity against fish pathogens and food spoilage bacteria. in vivo safety evaluation is necessary to determine its immunogenicity, toxicity, and importance in real-life applications. the present study was designed to evaluate the immunogenicity, acute and sub-chronic toxicity of bacteriocin tsu4 in balb/c mice to ensure its saf ... | 2017 | 28063116 |
| diabetes-associated microbiota in fa/fa rats is modified by roux-en-y gastric bypass. | roux-en-y gastric bypass (rygb) and duodenal jejunal bypass (djb), two different forms of bariatric surgery, are associated with improved glucose tolerance, but it is not clear whether the gut microbiota contributes to this effect. here we used fa/fa rats as a model of impaired glucose tolerance to investigate whether (i) the microbiota varies between fa/fa and nondiabetic fa/+ rats; (ii) the microbiota of fa/fa rats is affected by rygb and/or djb; and (iii) surgically induced microbiota alterat ... | 2017 | 28524868 |
| remote transient lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report. | lactobacillus spp. are uncommon pathogens in immunocompetent hosts, and even rarer causes of prosthetic device infections. | 2016 | 27814684 |
| draft genome sequence of lactobacillus animalis 381-il-28. | lactobacillus animalis 381-il-28 is an integral component of a multistrain commercial culture with food biopreservative and pathogen biocontrol functionality. a draft sequence of the l. animalis 381-il-28 genome is described in this paper. | 2014 | 24874675 |