scholarly journals Screening of Bacterial Isolates with Probiotic Potential of Tiger Nut Drink, Ogi and Palm Wine

Author(s):  
N. N. Odu ◽  
L. O. Amadi ◽  
E. O. Aguamah

Probiotics are live microorganisms that are very beneficial to human health when consumed in a sufficient amount. Screening and fingerprinting of isolates with probiotic potentials from indigenous food products were evaluated. Fresh palm wine, Ogi and Tiger nut drinks were bought from retailers in Obio-Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Area, Rivers State. These samples on getting to the lab in sterile containers were analysed using standard microbiological techniques for the enumeration and isolation of bacterial isolates. Identification of isolates relied on the biochemical and genomic techniques using standard methods. The probiotics were screened based on their ability to tolerate ethanol, bile salt, low pH, high salt concentration, lactose utilization and the production of biogenic amine. Antimicrobial susceptibility of the bacterial isolates (probiotics) was carried out using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion. Forty-two bacterial isolates which belonged to the genera: Lactobacillus sp, Pediococcus sp, Enterococcus sp and Streptococcus sp were identified. Genomic characterization of isolates showed that isolate NO2 has 83.4% pairwise identity with Bacillus firmus strain T1, Isolate NP2 has 86.5% pairwise identity with Bacillus cereus strain PKID1, NT8 has 80.3% pairwise identity with Bacillus cereus strain PV-G21. Results of screened probiotics showed that out of the forty-two bacterial isolates, only fifteen were non-spore producers and that they were tolerant to ethanol, low pH, NaCl and bile salt at all concentrations. Results of lactose utilization showed that only twelve out of the fifteen bacterial isolates utilized lactose. Results of biogenic amine production showed that only five out of fifteen bacterial isolates produced biogenic amine. The antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the screened bacterial isolates showed that they exhibited resistance to Pefloxacin, Gentamycin, Ampiclox, Amoxicillin, Rocephin, Ciprofloxacin; Streptomycin, Sceptrin and Erythromycin. They were highly resistant to Gentamycin and Zinnacef. Bacillus firmus strain T1, Bacillus cereus strain PKID1 and Bacillus cereus strain PV-G21 were identified as bacterial probiotics. Consumption of palm wine, Ogi and tiger nut drinks is highly recommended due to the availability of probiotics.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Octavia Wasis ◽  
Nyoman Semadi Antara ◽  
Ida Bagus Wayan Gunam

Tabah bamboo shoot pickle is one of the fermented food which is the source of lactic acid bacteria.  Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) is beneficial to health because it has the ability as a probiotic. Lactic acid bacteria that have probiotic criteria should have resistance to low pH and bile salts. This study aims to determine isolates of lactic acid bacteria isolated from tabah bamboo shoot pickle resistant to low pH and bile salts (NaDC). Lactic acid bacteria were tested to low pH by using MRS broth that have different pH (pH 2, pH 3, pH 4 and pH 6.2 as a control) incubated at 37ºC for 3 hours. isolates were survive in low pH then continued in bile salt resistance test with 0.3% bile salt concentration for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes and 24 hours. The results showed that three isolates out of 88 isolates had ability to grow in low pH and in medium supplemented by NaDC 0,3%. The isolates are AR 3057, AR 3101 and AR 6152 which can be used as candidat of  probiotic. Keywords : Tabah bamboo shoot pickle, lactic acid bacteria, probiotic, low pH, bile salt


2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique Haakensen ◽  
Barry Ziola

An ATP-binding cassette (ABC) multi-drug resistance (MDR) gene was found in 4 Gram-positive bacterial isolates of environmental origin and found capable of spoiling beer. The bacteria isolated were Bacillus cereus , Bacillus licheniformis , Paenibacillus humicus , and Staphylococcus epidermidis ; all of which were previously unappreciated as beer-spoilage bacteria. The MDR gene found in these bacteria has less than 37% similarity to known ABC MDR proteins described for Bacillus and Staphylococcus , and this is the first finding of an ABC MDR gene in the genus Paenibacillus . The sequenced region of the gene was translated and compared phylogenetically with the closest GenBank matches of the respective species and the closest GenBank matches overall. The ABC MDR proteins from these isolates were found to cluster among known sequences of HorA, sharing 99.5% identity within the sequenced region. In the beer-spoilage-associated genera Lactobacillus and Pediococcus , the presence of the MDR gene horA correlates with the ability to grow in beer. As the unique horA-harbouring isolates described here are capable of growing in beer, it is likely that the presence of the horA gene likewise confers hop resistance to these organisms.


2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordana Zavisic ◽  
Zeljka Radulovic ◽  
Valentina Vranic ◽  
Jelena Begovic ◽  
L. Topisirovic ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to investigate the probiotic potential of bacteriocin-producing lactobacilli strain Lactobacillus plantarum G2 isolated from the vaginal mucus of healthy women. The antimicrobial effect of G2 was confirmed in the mixed culture with pathogenic Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella abony and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, while bacteriocine activity was detected against S. aureus and S. abony only. The strain showed an excellent survival rate in low pH and in the presence of bile salts. The percentage of adhered cells of L. plantarum G2 to hexadecane was 63.85?2.0 indicating the intermediate hydrophobicity.


2015 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varvara Tsilia ◽  
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof ◽  
Andreja Rajkovic ◽  
Marc Heyndrickx ◽  
Tom Van de Wiele

ABSTRACTAdhesion to the intestinal epithelium could constitute an essential mechanism ofBacillus cereuspathogenesis. However, the enterocytes are protected by mucus, a secretion composed mainly of mucin glycoproteins. These may serve as nutrients and sites of adhesion for intestinal bacteria. In this study, the food poisoning bacteriumB. cereusNVH 0500/00 was exposedin vitroto gastrointestinal hurdles prior to evaluation of its attachment to mucin microcosms and its ability to produce nonhemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe). The persistence of mucin-adherentB. cereusafter simulated gut emptying was determined using a mucin adhesion assay. The stability of Nhe toward bile and pancreatin (intestinal components) in the presence of mucin agar was also investigated.B. cereuscould grow and simultaneously adhere to mucin duringin vitroileal incubation, despite the adverse effect of prior exposure to a low pH or intestinal components. The final concentration ofB. cereusin the simulated lumen at 8 h of incubation was 6.62 ± 0.87 log CFU ml−1. At that point, the percentage of adhesion was approximately 6%. No enterotoxin was detected in the ileum, due to either insufficient bacterial concentrations or Nhe degradation. Nevertheless, mucin appears to retainB. cereusand to supply it to the small intestine after simulated gut emptying. Additionally, mucin may play a role in the protection of enterotoxins from degradation by intestinal components.


1993 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alastair D. Sutherland

SummarySpores of a known toxigenic and psychrotrophic dairy isolate ofBacillus cereus(HRM 44) were unable to grow and produce diarrhoeagenic toxin at 6 °C in creams and dairy-based products. These findings suggest that the production ofB. cereusdiarrhoeagenic toxin is unlikely to occur in creams and dairy-based products maintained within the cold chain. Growth and toxin production were readily demonstrated in creams and some desserts stored at 21 °C. Growth in creams was associated with obvious spoilage. However, in the flavoured desserts, spoilage was not always obvious before significant growth ofB. cereusand toxin production had occurred. Dairy desserts with high sugar content and/or low pH did not support toxin production and these findings are discussed.


2016 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 119-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alizée Guérin ◽  
Claire Dargaignaratz ◽  
Véronique Broussolle ◽  
Thierry Clavel ◽  
Christophe Nguyen-the

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 4743-4752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora I. A. Pereira ◽  
Anne L. McCartney ◽  
Glenn R. Gibson

ABSTRACT This study evaluated the use of a bile-salt-hydrolyzing Lactobacillus fermentum strain as a probiotic with potential hypocholesterolemic properties. The effect of L. fermentum on representative microbial populations and overall metabolic activity of the human intestinal microbiota was investigated using a three-stage continuous culture system. Also, the use of galactooligosaccharides as a prebiotic to enhance growth and/or activity of the Lactobacillus strain was evaluated. Administration of L. fermentum resulted in a decrease in the overall bifidobacterial population (ca. 1 log unit). In the in vitro system, no significant changes were observed in the total bacterial, Lactobacillus, Bacteroides, and clostridial populations through L. fermentum supplementation. Acetate production decreased by 9 to 27%, while the propionate and butyrate concentrations increased considerably (50 to 90% and 52 to 157%, respectively). A general, although lesser, increase in the production of lactate was observed with the administration of the L. fermentum strain. Supplementation of the prebiotic to the culture medium did not cause statistically significant changes in either the numbers or the activity of the microbiota, although an increase in the butyrate production was seen (29 to 39%). Results from this in vitro study suggest that L. fermentum KC5b is a candidate probiotic which may affect cholesterol metabolism. The short-chain fatty acid concentrations, specifically the molar proportion of propionate and/or bile salt deconjugation, are probably the major mechanism involved in the purported cholesterol-lowering properties of this strain.


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abdul Karim ◽  
Nazneen Akhter ◽  
Sirajul Hoque

Bacterial isolates, Bacillus firmus (LS-31) were collected from eutrophic Gulshan lake, Dhaka sediments and introduced to stimulate inorganic nutrient regeneration in the laboratory. The bacteria stimulated net regeneration of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and inorganic phosphorus in the water by about two folds at both the incubation temperatures (26°C and 30°C). These results suggest that the application of B. firmus would be promising for the stimulation of inorganic nutrient regeneration at the eutrophic environment.Bangladesh J. Zool. 41(1): 73-78, 2013


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