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Survival and Metabolic Activity of Pediocin Producer Pediococcus acidilactici UL5: Its Impact on Intestinal Microbiota and Listeria monocytogenes in a Model of the Human Terminal Ileum

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Pediococcus acidilactici UL5 is a promising probiotic candidate due to its high survival rate under gastric and duodenal conditions and to its ability to produce the antilisterial bacteriocin pediocin PA-1. Its survival, metabolic activity, and impact on Listeria monocytogenes in a continuous stirred tank reactor containing immobilized human intestinal microbiota were studied over a period of 32 days of feeding a nutrient medium simulating ileal chyme. The impact of P. acidilactici UL5 on different bacterial groups of intestinal origin as well as its survival and its impact on L. monocytogenes were quantified using quantitative polymerase chain reaction coupling with propidium monoazide (PMA-qPCR), which was shown to detect and quantify viable bacteria only. P. acidilactici UL5 and its non-pediocin-producing mutant had no effect on the microbiota, but the producing strain induced an increase in the production of acetic and propionic acids. P. acidilactici survived but appeared to be a poor competitor with intestinal microbiota, dropping by 1.3 and 2.8 log10 after 8 h of fermentation to 104 colony-forming units (cfu) mL−1. A 1.64 log but non-significant reduction of Listeria was observed when P. acidilactici UL5 was added at 108 cfu mL−1. P. acidilactici UL5 isolated from the reactor after 3 days was still able to produce the active bacteriocin. These data demonstrate that P. acidilactici UL5 is capable of surviving transit through the ileum without losing its ability to produce pediocin PA-1 but seems to not be enough competitive with the great diversity of organisms found in the ileum.

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This work was supported by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the “Fonds de recherche du Québec—Nature et technologies” (FRQNT).

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Fernandez, B., Savard, P. & Fliss, I. Survival and Metabolic Activity of Pediocin Producer Pediococcus acidilactici UL5: Its Impact on Intestinal Microbiota and Listeria monocytogenes in a Model of the Human Terminal Ileum. Microb Ecol 72, 931–942 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-015-0645-0

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