In vitro evaluation of the fermentation properties and potential probiotic activity of Lactobacillus plantarum C4 in batch culture systems. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bergillos-Meca, Triana; Costabile, Adele; Walton, Gemma; Moreno-Montoro, Miriam; Ruiz-Bravo, Alfonso; Ruiz-López, María Dolores
• Is Part Of: Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + Technologie =. Volume 60:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 420
• Page End: 426
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Food industry and trade -- Periodicals; Food -- Composition -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Nutrition -- Periodicals; 664.005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2014.08.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0023-6438

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author" id="abs0010"> <title id="sectitle0010">Abstract</title> <sec> <p id="abspara0010"> <italic>Lactobacillus plantarum</italic> C4 has been tested in <italic>in vitro</italic> pH-controlled anaerobic faecal batch cultures as compared to <italic>Lactobacillus rhamnosus</italic> GG to determine changes caused to the composition of faecal bacteria. Effects upon major groups of the microbiota and levels of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) were assessed over 24 h. Concomitantly, hydrophobic character and ability of both bacterial cells to adhere <italic>in vitro</italic> to Caco-2 cells were investigated. Quantitative analysis of bacterial populations revealed that there was a significant increase in <italic>Lactobacillus/Enterococcus</italic> numbers in vessels with probiotic supplemented with fructooligosaccharides (FOS), compared to the negative control. <italic>L. plantarum</italic> C4 showed to have more hydrophilic behaviour and fulfilled better adhesive properties, compared to <italic>L. rhamnosus</italic> GG. Thus, <italic>L. plantarum</italic> C4 can modulate the intestinal microbiota <italic>in vitro</italic>, promoting changes in some numerically and metabolically relevant microbial populations and shifts in the production of SCFA.</p> </sec> </abstract>