scholarly journals Characterization of potential probiotics isolated from fermented under-utilized Chrysophyllum albidum Linn kernels using microbiological, biochemical and molecular techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 2070 (1) ◽  
pp. 012036
Author(s):  
O E Odutayo ◽  
B E Adegboye ◽  
E A Omonigbehin ◽  
O O Ogunlana ◽  
I S Afolabi

Abstract Chrysophyllum albidum is a crop of commercial value in Nigeria, however, the seeds are either used for local games or thrown away. This study aimed at exploring this under-utilized kernel as a novel source for obtaining health beneficial bacteria with desired probiotic characteristics. Isolation of potential probiotic bacteria from naturally fermented C. albidum seeds was carried out and followed by their safety evaluation, Gram staining, catalase test, acid tolerance, bile tolerance, cellular hydrophobicity and auto-aggregation assays. 16S rRNA sequencing and the detection of bile salt hydrolase (bsh) gene were the molecular methods applied for the bacteria characterization. Three potential probiotic bacteria were isolated from the fermented seeds. All isolates were non-haemolytic, Gram positive cocci, and catalase negative, grew in 1% bile, acidic pH of 3.5, and showed good auto-aggregation property. 16Sr RNA sequencing revealed isolates to be strains of Enterococcus durans, and the bsh gene was detected in all the strains. In conclusion, novel naturally fermented foods as seen in the fermented C. albidum kernels can serve as sources for the isolation of probiotic bacteria with great interest, and thus serve as starter culture to improve the organoleptic property of dairy and non-dairy foods.

2016 ◽  
Vol 79 (11) ◽  
pp. 1919-1928 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHUANG XU ◽  
TAIGANG LIU ◽  
CHIRAZ AKOREDE IBINKE RADJI ◽  
JING YANG ◽  
LANMING CHEN

ABSTRACT In this study, we analyzed Chinese traditional fermented food to isolate and identify new lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains with novel functional properties and to evaluate their cellular antioxidant and bile salt hydrolase (BSH) activities in vitro. A sequential screening strategy was developed to efficiently isolate and obtain 261 LAB strains tolerant of bile salt, acid, and H2O2 from nine Chinese traditional fermented foods. Among these strains, 70 were identified as having 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging and/or BSH activity. These strains belonged to eight species: Enterococcus faecium (33% of the strains), Lactobacillus plantarum (26%), Leuconostoc mesenteroides (14%), Pediococcus pentosaceus (6%), Enterococcus durans (9%), Lactobacillus brevis (9%), Pediococcus ethanolidurans (3%), and Lactobacillus casei (1%). The pulsed-field gel electrophoresis genome fingerprinting profiles of these strains revealed 38 distinct pulsotypes, indicating a high level of genomic diversity among the tested strains. Twenty strains were further evaluated for hydroxyl radical scavenging activity, reducing power, and ferrous ion chelating activity exerted by both viable intact cells and/or intracellular cell-free extracts. Some strains, such as L. plantarum D28 and E. faecium B28, had high levels of both cellular antioxidant and BSH activities in vitro. These strains are promising probiotic components for health-promoting functional foods.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fathyah Hanum Pamungkaningtyas ◽  
Mariyatun Mariyatun ◽  
Rafli Zulfa Kamil ◽  
Ryan Haryo Setyawan ◽  
Pratama Nur Hasan ◽  
...  

Lactic acid bacteria have been isolated from several Indonesian indigenous fermented foods and screened for the potential strains as probiotic candidates. The aim of this study was to evaluate sensory properties and respondents’ preference of yogurt-like set and yogurt-like drink with various Indonesian indigenous probiotic strains produced by dairy industry. Indigenous probiotics of Lactobacillus plantarum MUT-7 and Lactobacillus plantarum DAD-13 were used to produce yogurt-like set and yogurt-like drink. Family perception toward yogurt-like drink was performed in Yogyakarta involving 100 family members. The yogurt-like products were also compared to yogurt containing commercial Lactobacilus bulgaricus and Streptococus thermophilus or commercial yogurt produced by dairy company. Several sensory evaluation toward sensory properties and panelist’s preference were performed in different cities.  The result showed that the indigenous probiotic L. plantarum DAD-13 and L. plantarum MUT-7 were potential to be used as a starter culture for the production of yogurt-like set and yogurt-like drink. The combination of indigenous probiotics and indigenous lactic acid bacteria S. thermophilus DAD-11 resulted in better sensory properties of yogurt set compared to combination of L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus. 


2015 ◽  
pp. 435-454
Author(s):  
D. Prema Latha ◽  
S. M. Reddy ◽  
K. S. Youn ◽  
Pogaku Ravindra

2012 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Micaela Pescuma ◽  
Elvira M. Hébert ◽  
Elena Bru ◽  
Graciela Font de Valdez ◽  
Fernanda Mozzi

The high nutritional value of whey makes it an interesting substrate for the development of fermented foods. The aim of this work was to evaluate the growth and proteolytic activity of sixty-four strains of lactic acid bacteria in whey to further formulate a starter culture for the development of fermented whey-based beverages. Fermentations were performed at 37°C for 24 h in 10 and 16% (w/v) reconstituted whey powder. Cultivable populations, pH, and proteolytic activity (o-phthaldialdehyde test) were determined at 6 and 24 h incubation. Hydrolysis of whey proteins was analysed by Tricine SDS-PAGE. A principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to evaluate the behaviour of strains. Forty-six percent of the strains grew between 1 and 2 Δlog CFU/ml while 19% grew less than 0·9 Δlog CFU/ml in both reconstituted whey solutions. Regarding the proteolytic activity, most of the lactobacilli released amino acids and small peptides during the first 6 h incubation while streptococci consumed the amino acids initially present in whey to sustain growth. Whey proteins were degraded by the studied strains although to different extents. Special attention was paid to the main allergenic whey protein, β-lactoglobulin, which was degraded the most byLactobacillus acidophilusCRL 636 andLb. delbrueckiisubsp.bulgaricusCRL 656. The strain variability observed and the PCA applied in this study allowed selecting appropriate strains able to improve the nutritional characteristics (through amino group release and protein degradation) and storage (decrease in pH) of whey.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.M. Dalmacio ◽  
A.K. Angeles ◽  
L.L. Larcia ◽  
M. Balolong ◽  
R. Estacio

The bacterial population in several Philippine fermented food preparations was assessed by PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) of the 16S rRNA gene (16S rDNA). Genomic DNA was isolated directly from alamang (fermented shrimp paste), burong isda (fermented fish and rice), burong hipon (fermented shrimp and rice), burong mustasa (fermented mustard leaves), tuba (sugar cane wine), suka (vinegar) and sinamak (spiced vinegar) using one of two protocols, namely – MoBio DNA Extraction Kit procedure and a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-based method. Samples recalcitrant to both methods underwent enrichment in three culture broths prior to DNA isolation. Isolated DNA was amplified using nested primer pairs targeting the bacterial 16S rDNA. PCR products were subjected to DGGE to elucidate the bacterial diversity in each fermented food. 16S rDNA sequence analyses revealed that lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and acetic acid bacteria (AAB) were dominant in the food samples. The LAB identified were Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus panis, Lactobacillus pontis and Weissella cibaria. Identified AAB were Acetobacter pomorum, Acetobacter ghanensis, Acetobacter orientalis, and Acetobacter pasteurianus. Among these, L. fermentum, L. plantarum and W. cibaria are established probiotic bacteria, while L. panis and L. pontis are potential probiotic bacteria. This finding would increase the appeal and significance of local fermented foods to consumers. Furthermore, the majority of the identified bacteria in the study have not been reported before in culture-dependent studies of similar food preparations. As such, some of the bacterial 16S rDNA obtained were cloned to have an initial partial bacterial 16S rDNA library for Philippine fermented foods.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Leech ◽  
Raul Cabrera-Rubio ◽  
Aaron M Walsh ◽  
Guerrino Macori ◽  
Calum J Walsh ◽  
...  

AbstractFermented foods have been the focus of ever greater interest as a consequence of purported health benefits. Indeed, it has been suggested that the consumption of these foods that help to address the negative consequences of ‘industrialization’ of the human gut microbiota in Western society. However, as the mechanisms via which the microbes in fermented foods improve health are not understood, it is necessary to develop an understanding of the composition and functionality of the fermented food microbiota to better harness desirable traits. Here we considerably expand the understanding of fermented food microbiomes by employing shotgun metagenomic sequencing to provide a comprehensive insight into the microbial composition, diversity and functional potential (including antimicrobial resistance, carbohydrate-degrading and health-associated gene content) of a diverse range of 58 fermented foods from artisanal producers from around the Globe. Food type, i.e., dairy-, sugar- or brine-type fermented foods, was to be the primary driver of microbial composition, with dairy foods found to have the lowest microbial diversity. From the combined dataset, 127 high quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), including 10 MAGs representing putatively novel species of Acetobacter, Acidisphaera, Gluconobacter, Lactobacillus, Leuconostoc and Rouxiella, were generated. Potential health promoting attributes were more common in fermented foods than non-fermented equivalents, with waterkefirs, sauerkrauts and kvasses containing the greatest numbers of potentially health-associated gene clusters (PHAGCs). Ultimately, this study provides the most comprehensive insight into the microbiomes of fermented foods to date, and yields novel information regarding their relative health-promoting potential.ImportanceFermented foods are regaining popularity in Western society due in part to an appreciation of the potential for fermented food microbiota to positively impact on health. Many previous studies have studied fermented microbiota using classical culture-based microbiological methods, older molecular techniques or, where deeper analyses have been performed, have involved a relatively small number of one specific food type. Here, we have used a state-of-the-art shotgun metagenomic approach to investigate 58 different fermented foods of different type and origin. Through this analysis, we were able to identify the differences in the microbiota across these foods, the factors that drove their microbial composition, and the relative potential functional benefits of these microbes. The information provided here will provide significant opportunities for the further optimisation of fermented food production and the harnessing of their health promoting potential.


Author(s):  
A. M. Adisa ◽  
B. O. T. Ifesan ◽  
V. N. Enujiugha ◽  
A. B. Adepeju

Background: The term probiotics have been described as live microorganisms associated with fermented foods that confer health benefit to the host. For a long time, researches into the world of probiotics have extensively and predominantly centred upon species of lactic acid bacteria and until recently Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as the only well-defined and proven probiotic yeast strain. The purpose of this study was to isolate and characterise the yeast species associated with the fermentation of wholegrain millet sourdoughs and investigate in vitro the possible probiotic potential of the isolates. Methodology: Wholegrain millet sourdoughs were prepared by spontaneous fermentation of the flours with tap water in the ratio 1:1 (w/v) for 48 h at 28 ± 2ºC through backslopping. A total of twenty five yeasts were identified based on their cultural, morphological and biochemical characteristics. The selected isolates were characterized to species level using API 20 C AUX test identification kit. Probiotic properties examined included bile salt and acid tolerance under conditions simulating the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and positive antagonistic activity against selected pathogens following well established procedures. Results: The selected isolates investigated were characterized to belong to species of Saccharomyces and Kluveromyces. All of the isolates were discovered to exhibit sufficient survival under acidic pH of 2.0 with values ranging from 1.0log cfu ml-1 to 7.8log cfu ml-1 and showed high resistance to bile salt with values ranging from 63-99%. They also exhibited good antimicrobial activity against enteric pathogens of E. coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Streptococcus pyogenes, Proteus vulgaris and Pseudomonas sp. Conclusion: Millet sourdoughs can serve as an affordable nutritionally healthy substrate for delivery of probiotics to the gastro-intestinal tract, thereby proffering basic health functionality. This study allowed to isolate and to identify yeast species present in millet sourdoughs with technological potential for sourdough applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Fan ◽  
Jan Philipp Burghardt ◽  
Jinqing Huang ◽  
Tao Xiong ◽  
Peter Czermak

Probiotics are microbes that promote health when consumed in sufficient amounts. They are present in many fermented foods or can be provided directly as supplements. Probiotics utilize non-digestible prebiotic oligosaccharides for growth in the intestinal tract, contributing to a healthy microbiome. The oligosaccharides favored by probiotics are species-dependent, as shown by the selective utilization of substrates in mixed sugar solutions such as crude fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS). Enzymatically produced crude FOS preparations contain abundant monosaccharide byproducts, residual sucrose, and FOS varying in chain length. Here we investigated the metabolic profiles of four probiotic bacteria during the batch fermentation of crude FOS under controlled conditions. We found that Bacillus subtilis rapidly utilized most of the monosaccharides but little sucrose or FOS. We therefore tested the feasibility of a microbial fed-batch fermentation process for the purification of FOS from crude preparations, which increased the purity of FOS from 59.2 to 82.5% with a final concentration of 140 g·l−1. We also tested cell immobilization in alginate beads as a means to remove monosaccharides from crude FOS. This encapsulation concept establishes the basis for new synbiotic formulations that combine probiotic microbes and prebiotic oligosaccharides.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 2587-2593
Author(s):  
NABIL MEHANNA ◽  
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SAMAR SALAMA ◽  
MOHAMED ARAFA

This study aims to produce probiotic Labneh by following the probiotic bacteria counts in the presence of yoghurt starter culture and some ingredients used in making Labneh with two different methods. Probiotic Labneh was prepared by the traditional method (TM) and direct formulation method (DFM). In both methods, used skim milk powder (SMP) for treatments (A and C), while used a mixture (1:1) of whey powder (WP) and whey protein concentrate (WPC) was used for treatments (B and D). The results indicated that total solid (TS), fat, protein and ash had the lowest values (P≤0.05) in B treatment, whereas the differences between the rest treatments were insignificant (P<0.05). Labneh made using the DFM had the lowest values for carbohydrate content and acidity and the highest pH values. The counts of Bifidobacteria and L. acidophilus were not influenced by the ingredients used or by the method applied for making the product. All fresh and stored Labneh had more than 6 log CFU/g for probiotic bacteria. Organoleptically, the general appearance, consistency and flavour of bio-Labneh were not significantly influenced by the applied treatments or by the manufacturing method but a gradual decrease in their scoring points were recorded with advancing storage period.


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