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Antibacterial metabolites secreted under glucose-limited environment of the mimicked proximal colon model by lactobacilli abundant in infant feces

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The most abundance of anti-Salmonella lactic acid bacteria (LAB) was found in feces of naturally born, exclusively breastfed Thai infants. Six strains of Lactobacillus plantarum and one strain of Lactobacillus paracasei were selected and identified. In the co-cultivation assay, L. plantarum subsp. plantarum I62 showed the strongest and broadest antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, Shigella sonnei, Salmonella Paratyphi A, and Salmonella Typhimurium SA 2093 under the mimicked proximal colon condition, in which glucose and other nutrients were limited. According to GC-MS analysis, the major antibacterial contribution of organic acids secreted by L. plantarum I62 grown in the presence of glucose was dramatically reduced from 95.8 to 41.9 % under glucose-limited niche. The production of low-pK a acids, such as lactic, 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic, and 3-phenyllactic acids, was remarkably dropped. Surprisingly, higher-pK a acids such as 5-chlorobenzimidazole-2-carboxylic, pyroglutamic, palmitic, and oleic acids were enhanced. Moreover, cyclic dipeptides, ketones, alkanes, alcohols, and miscellaneous compounds, which were pH-independent antibacterial metabolites, became dominant. The electron microscopy strongly supported the synergistic attacks of the multiple antibacterial components targeting outer and cytoplasmic membranes leading to severe leakage and cell disruption of Salmonella Typhimurium. This strain poses to be a potential probiotic candidate for effectively controlling and treating human foodborne bacterial infection.

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This research was financially supported by the Office of the Higher Education Commission under the CHE-PhD Scholarship Program (Grant No. 07-2556), the Annual Government Expenditure (AGR590286S), and the Graduate School, Prince of Songkla University. Our great appreciation is expressed to the Scientific Equipment Center at Prince of Songkla University for the GC-MS and electron microscopy facilities and the excellent technical assistances.

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This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University (EC Number 55-194-19-6-3). All infant’s parents provided verbal informed consent on behalf of the participating baby. The verbal consent was granted by the Ethics Committee because this research presented negligible risks to the participants. Besides, all volunteers were not identifiable from the data collected.

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Kanjan, P., Hongpattarakere, T. Antibacterial metabolites secreted under glucose-limited environment of the mimicked proximal colon model by lactobacilli abundant in infant feces. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 100, 7651–7664 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-016-7606-5

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