scholarly journals Survival and persistence of Lactobacillus plantarum 4.1 and Lactobacillus reuteri 3S7 in the gastrointestinal tract of pigs

2007 ◽  
Vol 123 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 133-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria De Angelis ◽  
Sonya Siragusa ◽  
Leonardo Caputo ◽  
Adriano Ragni ◽  
Roberto Burzigotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Lactobacillus Plantarum ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri

Colonisation with endogenous Lactobacillus reuteri R28 and exogenous Lactobacillus plantarum AR17-1 and the effects on intestinal inflammation in mice

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2481-2488
Author(s):  
Guangqiang Wang ◽  
Yan Chen ◽  
Su Fei ◽  
Chunliang Xie ◽  
Yongjun Xia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lactobacillus Plantarum ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Intestinal Inflammation ◽  
Peg Treatment

Endogenous and exogenous strains exhibit no significant differences in healthy mice, whereas after PEG treatment, colonisation of endogenous strain is greatly enhanced.

scholarly journals Supplementation of Lactobacillus early in life alters attention bias to threat in piglets

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Else Verbeek ◽  
Johan Dicksved ◽  
Linda Keeling
Keyword(s):  
Lactobacillus Plantarum ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Attention Bias ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Beneficial Microbes ◽  
Gut Microbes ◽  
Suitable Tool ◽  
Vigilance Behaviour

AbstractGut microbes play an important role in regulating brain processes and influence behaviour, cognition and emotional states in humans and rodents. Nevertheless, it is not known how ingestion of beneficial microbes modulates emotional states in piglets and whether it can improve welfare. Here we use an attention bias task to assess the effects of Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC-PTA-6475 and Lactobacillus plantarum L1-6 supplementation early in life on emotional states in 33 piglets compared to 31 placebo supplemented piglets. We hypothesized that Lactobacillus supplementation would reduce vigilance behaviour (head at shoulder height or higher) and attention (head oriented towards the threat) in response to an auditory threat. The results showed that the control group increased vigilance behaviour in response to the threat, but there was no increase in the probiotics group. Despite the increased vigilance, the control group paid less attention to the threat. One explanation may be that control piglets avoided looking in the direction of the threat just because they perceived it as more threatening, but further research is necessary to confirm this. In conclusion, Lactobacillus supplementation may be a suitable tool to reduce anxiety, promote a more appropriate response to a challenge and so improve welfare.

scholarly journals Comparison and Utilization of Repetitive-Element PCR Techniques for Typing Lactobacillus Isolates from the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (21) ◽  
pp. 6764-6776 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Stephenson ◽  
Robert J. Moore ◽  
Gwen E. Allison
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Repetitive Element ◽  
Necrotic Enteritis ◽  
High Throughput Analysis ◽  
Strain Diversity ◽  
Disease Induction ◽  
First Time ◽  
Pcr Techniques ◽  
Type Strains

ABSTRACT Three repetitive-element PCR techniques were evaluated for the ability to type strains of Lactobacillus species commonly identified in the chicken gastrointestinal tract. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR (ERIC-PCR) produced species- and strain-specific profiles for Lactobacillus crispatus, Lactobacillus gallinarum, Lactobacillus johnsonii, and Lactobacillus reuteri isolates. The technique typed strains within these species equally as well as pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. DNA concentration and quality did not affect the ERIC-PCR profiles, indicating that this method, unlike other high-resolution methods, can be adapted to high-throughput analysis of isolates. Subsequently, ERIC-PCR was used to type Lactobacillus species diversity of a large collection of isolates derived from chickens grown under commercial and necrotic enteritis disease induction conditions. This study has illustrated, for the first time, that there is great strain diversity within each Lactobacillus species present and has revealed that chickens raised under commercial conditions harbor greater species and strain diversity than chickens raised under necrotic enteritis disease induction conditions.

scholarly journals Differential Metabolism of Exopolysaccharides from Probiotic Lactobacilli by the Human Gut Symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
pp. 3973-3983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Lammerts van Bueren ◽  
Aakanksha Saraf ◽  
Eric C. Martens ◽  
Lubbert Dijkhuizen
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Carbohydrate Metabolism ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Bacteroides Thetaiotaomicron ◽  
Human Gut ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Commensal Species

ABSTRACTProbiotic microorganisms are ingested as food or supplements and impart positive health benefits to consumers. Previous studies have indicated that probiotics transiently reside in the gastrointestinal tract and, in addition to modulating commensal species diversity, increase the expression of genes for carbohydrate metabolism in resident commensal bacterial species. In this study, it is demonstrated that the human gut commensal speciesBacteroides thetaiotaomicronefficiently metabolizes fructan exopolysaccharide (EPS) synthesized by probioticLactobacillus reuteristrain 121 while only partially degrading reuteran and isomalto/malto-polysaccharide (IMMP) α-glucan EPS polymers.B. thetaiotaomicronmetabolized these EPS molecules via the activation of enzymes and transport systems encoded by dedicated polysaccharide utilization loci specific for β-fructans and α-glucans. Reduced metabolism of reuteran and IMMP α-glucan EPS molecules may be due to reduced substrate binding by components of the starch utilization system (sus). This study reveals that microbial EPS substrates activate genes for carbohydrate metabolism inB. thetaiotaomicronand suggests that microbially derived carbohydrates provide a carbohydrate-rich reservoir forB. thetaiotaomicronnutrient acquisition in the gastrointestinal tract.

Viability of microencapsulated Akkermansia muciniphila and Lactobacillus plantarum during freeze-drying, storage and in vitro simulated upper gastrointestinal tract passage

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 5868-5879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martín Sebastián Marcial-Coba ◽  
Tomasz Cieplak ◽  
Thiago Barbosa Cahú ◽  
Andreas Blennow ◽  
Susanne Knøchel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Lactobacillus Plantarum ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Storage Stability ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Akkermansia Muciniphila ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal

Microencapsulated and subsequently freeze-dried cells showed acceptable storage stability and enhanced survival during in vitro upper gastrointestinal tract passage.

Transfer of antibiotic resistance determinants between lactobacilli isolates from the gastrointestinal tract of chicken

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Vieira de Souza ◽  
R. Roque ◽  
J.L. Silva Moreira ◽  
M. Resende de Souza ◽  
J.R. Nicoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Multi Drug Resistance ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Genetic Traits ◽  
In Vivo Experiments

The aim of this study was to assess the potential horizontal transfer of genetic traits for antibiotic resistance between lactobacilli isolated from the chicken gut, both in vitro and in vivo. Thirty-seven Lactobacillus spp. strains isolated from the gizzard, small and large intestines and caeca of free-range broiler chickens showed multi-drug resistance as assessed by disc diffusion assays. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for vancomycin, tetracycline, erythromycin and chloramphenicol was determined in De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe broth in a microplate assay. Almost all the lactobacilli isolates were resistant to vancomycin (except strains belonging to the Lactobacillus acidophilus group) and to tetracycline (MIC≥128 μg/ml). Only five strains were resistant to erythromycin, and six to chloramphenicol. The transfer rate in filter mating experiments performed using L. acidophilus strain 4M14E (EmR), Lactobacillus vaginalis strain 5M14E (CmR), Lactobacillus salivarius strain 5C14C (EmR), and the 4G14L and 3C14C strains of Lactobacillus reuteri (CmR) showed a frequency of approximately 1×104 cfu/ml of double-resistant transconjugants for the different combinations. The exception was the L. salivarius 5C14C (EmR) and L. vaginalis 5M14E (CmR) mating combination, which produced no transconjugants. In vivo experiments performed in gnotobiotic mice by mating L. acidophilus 4M14E (EmR) with L. reuteri 3C14C (CmR), L. reuteri 4G14L (CmR) or L. vaginalis 5M14E (CmR) resulted in transconjugants at 3.95±0.29, 3.16±0.33, and 4.55±1.52 log10 cfu/g of faeces, respectively. Taken together, these data suggest that genetic exchange may occur between native bacterial strains within the gastrointestinal tract of chickens, which might maintain a dynamic gene pool conferring antibiotic resistance upon indigenous microbiota components, even in the absence of the pathogens. This possibility must be taken into account as a complementary criterion when lactobacilli are screened for probiotic use.

scholarly journals The pan-genome of Lactobacillus reuteri strains originating from the pig gastrointestinal tract

BMC Genomics ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Udo Wegmann ◽  
Donald A. MacKenzie ◽  
Jinshui Zheng ◽  
Alexander Goesmann ◽  
Stefan Roos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Pan Genome
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