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Lengliz S, Abbassi MS, Rehaiem A, Ben Chehida N, Najar T. Characterization of bacteriocinogenic Enterococcus isolates from wild and laboratory rabbits for the selection of autochthonous probiotic strains in Tunisia. J Appl Microbiol 2021; 131:1474-1486. [PMID: 33629433 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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AIM The objective of this study was to characterize lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from rabbits to be used as potential autochthonous probiotic. METHODS AND RESULTS Fifteen faecal samples were collected from wild and laboratory rabbits. One hundred and eight isolates were collected and tested for their inhibitory power against eight pathogenic bacteria. Among them, 43 Enterococcus isolates were able to inhibit at least one pathogen. Enterocine genes entA, entB and entP were detected in 14, 17 and 22 isolates, respectively. These isolates were tested for their antibiotic susceptibility and genes encoding virulence factors. Relevant phenotypes of antibiotic resistance were observed especially for ampicillin, vancomycin and linezolid. The following virulence genes were detected (number of positive isolates): hyl (5), esp (8), gelE (30), agg (2), ace (21), efa (6), CylLL/s (5), cob (26), cpd (32) and ccf (33). Five isolates were considered as safe and showed tolerance to both acid and bile salt. CONCLUSION Bacteriocinogenic enterococci isolates from rabbits may show relevant resistance phenotypes and virulence factors. In addition, one Enterococcus durans isolate presents promising autochthonous probiotic candidate. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study reveals interesting properties for E. durans isolate and supports their utilization as autochthonous probiotic in rabbit husbandry.
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- S Lengliz
- Laboratory of Materials, Molecules and Application, Preparatory Institute for Scientific and Technical Studies LR11ES22, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.,Institute of Veterinary Research of Tunisia, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Institute of Veterinary Research of Tunisia, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Faculty of Medecine of Tunis, Research Laboratory "Antimicrobial Resistance" LR99ES09, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Faculty of Medecine of Tunis, Research Laboratory "Antimicrobial Resistance" LR99ES09, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.,Laboratory of Microbiology, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Institute of Veterinary Research of Tunisia, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Materials, Molecules and Application, Preparatory Institute for Scientific and Technical Studies LR11ES22, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.,Department of Animal Sciences, National Institute of Agronomy of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
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Recent advances in the application of probiotic yeasts, particularly Saccharomyces, as an adjuvant therapy in the management of cancer with focus on colorectal cancer. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:951-960. [PMID: 33389533 PMCID: PMC7778720 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-06110-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Today, the increasing rate of cancer-related mortality, has rendered cancer a major global challenge, and the second leading cause of death worldwide. Conventional approaches in the treatment of cancer mainly include chemotherapy, surgery, immunotherapy, and radiotherapy. However, these approaches still come with certain disadvantages, including drug resistance, and different side effects such as gastrointestinal (GI) irritation (e.g., diarrhea, mucositis). This has encouraged scientists to look for alternative therapeutic methods and adjuvant therapies for a more proper treatment of malignancies. Application of probiotics as an adjuvant therapy in the clinical management of cancer appears to be a promising strategy, with several notable advantages, e.g., increased safety, higher tolerance, and negligible GI side effects. Both in vivo and in vitro analyses have indicated the active role of yeast probiotics in mitigating the rate of cancer cell proliferation, and the induction of apoptosis through regulating the expression of cancer-related genes and cellular pathways. Strain-specific anti-cancer activities of yeast probiotics strongly suggest that their administration along with the current cancer therapies may be an efficient method to reduce the side effects of these approaches. The main purpose of this article is to evaluate the efficacy of yeast probiotics in alleviating the adverse effects associated with cancer therapies.
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Furlaneto-Maia L, Ramalho R, Rocha KR, Furlaneto MC. Antimicrobial activity of enterocins against Listeria sp. and other food spoilage bacteria. Biotechnol Lett 2020; 42:797-806. [PMID: 31970555 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-020-02810-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine bacteriocin producers and the prevalence of structural enterocin genes and to detect the spectrum of activity against foodborne pathogens, from isolates of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis that were isolated from food and the environment. RESULTS The entA, entB, entP, ent1071 and entX genes, which encode enterocins were the most frequently observed. Enterocins were thermostable, proteinaceous, and resistant to catalase. None of the isolates produced hemolysin, and inhibition resulting from bacteriophage lysis was excluded. The bactericidal effect of enterocins against L. innocua 12612 was determined by optical density and colony forming units. For the activity spectrum, elimination of mainly Listeria strains, Bacillus sp. and clinical enterococci, was observed. Imaging with scanning electron microscopy after treatment with enterocin Efm22 showed irregular rod-shaped cells and loss of cellular integrity. CONCLUSIONS The isolates evaluated in this study are candidates for the production of enterocins that will be used as food biopreservatives, because they have high anti-listerial activity even after 24 h of experimentation, and used in the pharmaceutical area because they inhibit clinical microorganisms.
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- Luciana Furlaneto-Maia
- Department of Food Technology, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campus Londrina, Paraná, 86036-370, Brazil.
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- Department of Food Technology, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campus Londrina, Paraná, 86036-370, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, C.P. 6001, 86051990, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, C.P. 6001, 86051990, Brazil
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Zareniya M, Hallaj-Nezhadi S, Dinmohamadi F, Haghi F, Hassan M. Study the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Activities of Eight Clinically Applied Disinfectants against Clinical Isolated of Enterococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.15171/ps.2017.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Jahansepas A, Aghazadeh M, Rezaee MA, Hasani A, Sharifi Y, Aghazadeh T, Mardaneh J. Occurrence of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in Various Clinical Infections: Detection of Their Drug Resistance and Virulence Determinants. Microb Drug Resist 2017; 24:76-82. [PMID: 28525287 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2017.0049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to characterize virulence determinants and antibiotic resistance profiles in enterococci obtained from various clinical sources in the northwest of Iran. A total of 160 enterococcal clinical isolates from various wards of University Teaching Hospitals were collected and specified by biochemical test, from September 2014 to July 2015. Identification of enterococci was confirmed by multiplex PCR in the genus and species level. Antibiotic resistance properties and virulence determinants were examined by phenotypic and molecular methods. Of 160 enterococcal isolates, 125 (78.12%) and 35 (21.88%) isolates were identified as Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, respectively. The most common antibiotic nonsusceptible pattern observed was resistance toward rifampicin [n = 122 (76.25%)] followed by erythromycin [n = 117 (73.12%)]. Among all isolates, gelE [n = 140 (87.5%)], cpd [n = 137 (85.6%)], and asa1 [n = 118 (73.8%)] were the most prevalent virulence genes studied. Thirty isolates (11 E. faecalis, 19 E. faecium) were found to be resistant to vancomycin, with minimum inhibitory concentration of ≥256 μg/ml. Twenty-seven isolates carried the vanA gene, whereas none of the isolates carried vanB. E. faecalis had a considerable ability to show virulence genes and drug resistance. Emergence of antibiotic-resistant enterococci and the high prevalence of virulence traits in our study could be regarded as an alarming situation.
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- Ali Jahansepas
- 1 Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran .,2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran
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- 1 Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran .,2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran
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- 1 Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran .,2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran
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- 1 Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran .,2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran
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- 3 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia, Iran
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- 4 Department of Medical Genetics, Motahari Teaching Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia, Iran
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- 5 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences , Gonabad, Iran
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Nemati M, Hamidi A, Maleki Dizaj S, Javaherzadeh V, Lotfipour F. An Overview on Novel Microbial Determination Methods in Pharmaceutical and Food Quality Control. Adv Pharm Bull 2016; 6:301-308. [PMID: 27766214 PMCID: PMC5071793 DOI: 10.15171/apb.2016.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Revised: 06/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Traditional microbiological methods tend to be labor-intensive and time-consuming. Rapid and novel methods in microbiological tests provide more sensitive, precise and reproducible results compared with conventional methods. In microbiology, the most rapid testing methods belong to the field of biotechnology such as PCR, ELISA, ATP bioluminescence and etc. Nevertheless impedance microbiology, biosensors and analytical procedures to determine microbial constituents are of significance. The present review article was conducted using internet databases and related scientific literatures and articles that provide information on developments in the rapid methods in microbiology. The main focus is on the application of rapid methods in microbial quality control of pharmaceutical products. Reviewed literature showed that rapid methods and automation in microbiology is an advanced area for studying and applying of improved methods in the early detection, and characterization of microorganisms and their products in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industrials as well as environmental monitoring and clinical applications. It can be concluded that rapid methods and automation in microbiology should continue as potent and efficient technologies to develop the novel tests to be performed in the future because of the ever-increasing concerns about the safety of food and pharmaceutical products. However the main issues to be considered are the scale up of developed methods and the regulatory requirements.
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- Mahboob Nemati
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Food & Drug Safety Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Food & Drug Safety Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Javaherzadeh V, Jamshidian M, Zahraei M, Youseftabar A, Milani M, Hassan M, Lotfipour F. Evaluation of Bacteriocin Activities among Enterococcal Poultry Isolates from East Azarbaijan Iran. PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.15171/ps.2015.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hassan M, Brede DA, Diep DB, Nes IF, Lotfipour F, Hojabri Z. Efficient Inactivation of Multi-Antibiotics Resistant Nosocomial Enterococci by Purified Hiracin Bacteriocin. Adv Pharm Bull 2015; 5:393-401. [PMID: 26504762 DOI: 10.15171/apb.2015.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Because of the emergence of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria, a number of infectious diseases have become a major concern to treat in health care services worldwide. This situation is worsened by the fact that very limited progress has been made in developing new and potent antibiotics in recent years. In this context antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) represent new potential therapeutic compounds with bactericidal or bacteriostatic activity against closely related bacterial strains. METHODS In this study, a collection of enterococci (n=170) from clinical sources were investigated for their potential to inhibit multiresistant nosocomial enterococci from Iranian hospitals. RESULTS Four isolates produced antimicrobial peptides that inhibited all the antibiotic resistant enterococci. This included three Enterococcus faecium isolates producing combinations of enterocin A, B and L50 AB. The most potent antagonism was produced by E. faecalis HO91. Purification and subsequent characterization by MALDI-TOF MS, Edman degradation and DNA-sequencing revealed that the antimicrobial compound was Hiracin. The purified Hiracin was evaluated for antibacterial activity against 12 multiresistant enterococcal isolates from clinical samples. The results demonstrated that Hiracin is highly effective towards enterococci which were resistant even to antibiotics from four distinct classes. CONCLUSION The present research addresses Hiracin as a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics in treatment of multiresistant enterococcal infections.
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- Maryam Hassan
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology, N1432 Aas, Norway
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- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology, N1432 Aas, Norway
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- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology, N1432 Aas, Norway
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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Teymournejad O, Mohabati Mobarez A, Hosseini Doust R, Yaslianifard S. Prevalence of VanA and B Genotype Among Vancomycin Low Resistant Enterococcus in Fecal Normal Flora and Clinical Samples Isolated From Tehran’s Hospitals. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTERIC PATHOGENS 2015. [DOI: 10.17795/ijep22254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Khan H, Flint S, Yu PL. Development of a chemically defined medium for the production of enterolysin A from Enterococcus faecalis
B9510. J Appl Microbiol 2013; 114:1092-102. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.12115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 12/02/2012] [Accepted: 12/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- H. Khan
- School of Engineering and Advanced Technology; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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- Institute of Food; Nutrition and Human Health; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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- School of Engineering and Advanced Technology; Massey University; Palmerston North New Zealand
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