Safety assessment of Streptococcus thermophilus IDCC 2201 used for product manufacturing in Korea. Issue 11 (2nd October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ban, O‐Hyun; Oh, Sangki; Park, Chanmi; Bang, Won Yeong; Lee, Bo Som; Yang, Soo‐Yeon; Chae, Seung A; Jung, Young Hoon; Yang, Jungwoo
• Is Part Of: Food science & nutrition. Volume 8:Issue 11(2020)
• Page Start: 6269
• Page End: 6274
• Publication Date: 2020-10-02
• Subjects: Antibiotic resistance -- Probiotics -- Safety evaluation -- Single‐dose oral toxicity -- Streptococcusthermophilus; Food industry and trade -- Periodicals; Food -- Periodicals; Nutrition -- Periodicals; 664
• DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1925
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-7177

Abstract

Abstract: Safety evaluation of probiotics has become increasingly important for human consumption in food industry. The aims of this study were to assess safety of Streptococcus thermophilus IDCC 2201 through in vitro and in vivo tests. In results, this strain was found to be negative for hemolytic and β‐glucuronidase activity. In addition, thermophilus IDCC 2201 was susceptible to nine antibiotics suggested by EFSA. In accordance with MIC tests, whole‐genome analysis indicated that S . thermophilus IDCC 2201 neither harbors antibiotic resistance nor toxigenic genes. Furthermore, none of the biogenic amines including tyramine and histamine was produced and negligible amounts of D‐lactate were produced by S . thermophilus IDCC 2201. Finally, it was confirmed that there was no mortality and toxicity throughout single‐dose oral toxicity tests in rats. Therefore, we report that S. thermophilus IDCC 2201 is considered to be safe for human consumption as probiotics. Abstract : The safety assessment of S . thermophilus IDCC 2201 used for probiotics manufacturing in Ildong Bioscience was performed through in vitro and in vivo tests. The strain was susceptible to nine antibiotics by MICs test and did not have any antibiotic resistance gene as analyzed in the whole‐genome sequencing. We report that S . thermophilus IDCC 2201 is considered to be safe for human consumption as probiotics.