Awasti N, Tomar SK, Pophaly SD, Poonam, Lule VK, Singh TP, Anand S. Probiotic and functional characterization of bifidobacteria of Indian human origin.
J Appl Microbiol 2016;
120:1021-32. [PMID:
26849092 DOI:
10.1111/jam.13086]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
AIMS
To identify and characterize the probiotic and functional attributes of bifidobacteria isolated from human sources by in vitro methods.
METHODS AND RESULTS
Twelve isolates of bifidobacteria were obtained from different human sources viz; human milk, infant and adult faeces. The preliminary identification of isolates was done using genus-specific PCR followed by species level identification using 16S rRNA sequencing. All the isolates invariably showed potential probiotic characteristics. Finally, three most promising isolates were subjected to safety evaluation and were found to be safe. These were further evaluated for their potential functional characteristics like, antioxidative, antimutagenic and cholesterol assimilation. The isolates viz; NBIF-5 (73·55 ± 0·03%) and NBIF-7 (64·06 ± 0·03%) assimilated significantly higher cholesterol than NBIF-2. The maximum antioxidative activity was observed in NBIF-2 (56·56 ± 0·28% of radical inhibition). High percentage antimutagenicity scores of 52·41 ± 2·25% and 53·68 ± 1·98% against sodium azide (NaN3) were shown by NBIF-2 and NBIF-7 respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
Three strains (NBIF-2, NBIF-5 and NBIF-7) were found to be endowed with appreciable probiotic and functional activities.
SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY
With growing demands for probioitcs and bifidobacteria being prominent ones, new strains of diversified origin have the potential to be explored for commercial and functional applications and thus can be added to the existing commercially available strains of this genera.
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