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Ouamba AJK, Gagnon M, Varin T, Chouinard PY, LaPointe G, Roy D. Phylogenetic variation in raw cow milk microbiota and the impact of forage combinations and use of silage inoculants. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1175663. [PMID: 38029116 PMCID: PMC10661925 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1175663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Introduction The microbiota of bulk tank raw milk is known to be closely related to that of microbial niches of the on-farm environment. Preserved forage types are partof this ecosystem and previous studies have shown variations in their microbial ecology. However, little is known of the microbiota of forage ration combinations and the transfer rates of associated species to milk. Methods We identified raw milk bacteria that may originate from forage rations encompassing either hay (H) or grass/legume silage uninoculated (GL) as the only forage type, or a combination of GL and corn silage uninoculated (GLC), or grass/legume and corn silage both inoculated (GLICI). Forage and milk samples collected in the fall and spring from 24 dairy farms were analyzed using 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing following a treatment with propidium monoazide to account for viable cells. Results and discussion Three community types separating H, GL, and GLICI forage were identified. While the H community was co-dominated by Enterobacteriaceae, Microbacteriaceae, Beijerinckiaceae, and Sphingomonadaceae, the GL and GLICI communities showed high proportions of Leuconostocaceae and Acetobacteraceae, respectively. Most of the GLC and GLICI rations were similar, suggesting that in the mixed forage rations involving grass/legume and corn silage, the addition of inoculant in one or both types of feed does not considerably change the microbiota. Raw milk samples were not grouped in the same way, as the GLC milk was phylogenetically different from that of GLICI across sampling periods. Raw milk communities, including the GLICI group for which cows were fed inoculated forage, were differentiated by Enterobacteriaceae and other Proteobacteria, instead of by lactic acid bacteria. Of the 113 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) shared between forage rations and corresponding raw milk, bacterial transfer rates were estimated at 18 to 31%. Silage-based forage rations, particularly those including corn, share more ASVs with raw milk produced on corresponding farms compared to that observed in the milk from cows fed hay. These results show the relevance of cow forage rations as sources of bacteria that contaminate milk and serve to advance our knowledge of on-farm raw milk contamination.
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- Alexandre J. K. Ouamba
- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Regroupement de Recherche pour Un Lait de Qualité Optimale (OpLait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
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- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Regroupement de Recherche pour Un Lait de Qualité Optimale (OpLait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
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- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Regroupement de Recherche pour Un Lait de Qualité Optimale (OpLait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
- Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Regroupement de Recherche pour Un Lait de Qualité Optimale (OpLait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Regroupement de Recherche pour Un Lait de Qualité Optimale (OpLait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
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Mohamed HM, Barzideh Z, Siddiqi M, LaPointe G. Taxonomy, Sequence Variance and Functional Profiling of the Microbial Community of Long-Ripened Cheddar Cheese Using Shotgun Metagenomics. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2052. [PMID: 37630612 PMCID: PMC10458550 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11082052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Shotgun metagenomic sequencing was used to investigate the diversity of the microbial community of Cheddar cheese ripened over 32 months. The changes in taxa abundance were compared from assembly-based, non-assembly-based, and mOTUs2 sequencing pipelines to delineate the community profile for each age group. Metagenomic assembled genomes (MAGs) passing the quality threshold were obtained for 11 species from 58 samples. Although Lactococcus cremoris and Lacticaseibacillus paracasei were dominant across the shotgun samples, other species were identified using MG-RAST. NMDS analysis of the beta diversity of the microbial community revealed the similarity of the cheeses in older age groups (7 months to 32 months). As expected, the abundance of Lactococcus cremoris consistently decreased over ripening, while the proportion of permeable cells increased. Over the ripening period, the relative abundance of viable Lacticaseibacillus paracasei progressively increased, but at a variable rate among trials. Reads attributed to Siphoviridae and Ascomycota remained below 1% relative abundance. The functional profiles of PMA-treated cheeses differed from those of non-PMA-treated cheeses. Starter rotation was reflected in the single nucleotide variant profiles of Lactococcus cremoris (SNVs of this species using mOTUs2), while the incoming milk was the leading factor in discriminating Lacticaseibacillus paracasei/casei SNV profiles. The relative abundance estimates from Kraken2, non-assembly-based (MG-RAST) and marker gene clusters (mOTUs2) were consistent across age groups for the two dominant taxa. Metagenomics enabled sequence variant analysis below the bacterial species level and functional profiling that may affect the metabolic interactions between subpopulations in cheese during ripening, which could help explain the overall flavour development of cheese. Future work will integrate microbial variants with volatile profiles to associate the development of compounds related to cheese flavour at each ripening stage.
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- Hassan Mahmoud Mohamed
- Dairy at Guelph, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Faculty of Computer and Artificial Intelligence, Benha University, Banha 13518, Egypt
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- Dairy at Guelph, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Dairy at Guelph, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Dairy at Guelph, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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Huffman J, Drouin P, Renaud JB, Dunière L, LaPointe G. Farm management practices and season dependent factors affect the microbial community and chemical profile of corn and grass-legume silages of farms in Ontario, Québec, and Northern New York. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1214915. [PMID: 37538849 PMCID: PMC10394519 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1214915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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The effects of farm management practices and seasonal variation on the microbial community and chemical composition of corn and grass-legume silage are largely understudied due to the advantages of controlled mini-silo experiments. This study aims to investigate the effects that some key farm factors (use of an inoculant, farm region, and bunker or tower silo) and seasonal variations have on corn and grass-legume silage from farms across Ontario, Quebec, and New York. The silage was either treated with a commercial inoculant (Lallemand Biotal Buchneri 500® or Chr Hansen SiloSolve FC®) or left untreated. The bacterial communities of silage were compared to those of raw bulk tank milk from the same farm to determine if they were similarly affected by management practices or seasonal variations. Family level analysis of the 16S rRNA V3-V4 gene amplicon bacterial community, the ITS1 amplicon fungal community, NMR water soluble metabolome, and mycotoxin LC-MS were performed on silage over a two-year period. Chemical compounds associated with the use of inoculants in corn and grass-legume silage were higher in inoculated corn (acetate, propane-1,2-diol, γ-aminobutyrate; p < 0.001) and grass-legume (propionate; p = 0.011). However, there was no significant difference in the relative abundance (RA) of Lactobacillaceae in either silage type. Leuconostocaceae was higher in non-inoculated corn (p < 0.001) and grass-legume (p < 0.001) silage than in inoculated silage. Tower silos had higher RA of Leuconostocaceae (p < 0.001) and higher pH (p < 0.001) in corn and grass-legume silage. The one farm that used liquid manure with no other fertilizer type had higher RA of Clostridiaceae (p = 0.045) and other rumen/fecal (p < 0.006) bacteria in grass-legume silage than all other farms. Seasonal variation affected most of the key silage microbial families, however the trends were rarely visible across both years. Few trends in microbial variation could be observed in both silage and bulk tank milk: two farms had higher Moraxellaceae (p < 0.001) in milk and either corn or grass-legume silage. In farms using an inoculant, lower Staphylococcaceae was observed in the raw bulk tank milk.
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- Jesse Huffman
- Department of Food Science, Dairy at Guelph, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Independent Researcher, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Center, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Dairy at Guelph, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Zhou Z, Amer H, Sultani A, Nasr P, Wang Y, Corradini MG, Douglas Goff H, LaPointe G, Rogers MA. The digestive fate of beef versus plant-based burgers from bolus to stool. Food Res Int 2023; 167:112688. [PMID: 37087260 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Ultra-processed, plant-based burgers (PB) and traditional comminuted-beef burgers (BB) share similar organoleptic characteristics, yet a knowledge gap exists in understanding how consumption of these divergent physical structures alters the lipemic response and gut microbiota. PB, comprised of highly refined ingredients, is formulated with no intact whole food structure, while BB entraps lipids throughout the myofibrillar protein network. PB presented significantly higher free fatty acid (FFA) bioaccessibility (28.2 ± 4.80 %) compared to BB (8.73 ± 0.52 %), as obtained from their FFA release profiles over digestion time after characterizing them with a modified logistic model (SLM), using the simulated TIM Gastro-Intestinal Model (TIM-1). Additionally, the rate of lipolysis, k, obtained from the SLM for PB (90% CI [0.0175, 0.0277] min-1) was higher than for BB (90% CI [0.0113, 0.0171] min-1). Using the Simulated Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME®), the Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio (F/B ratio) was significantly higher for PB than BB; and linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) showed Clostridium and Citrobacter were more highly represented in the microbial community for the PB feed, whereas BB feed differentially enriched Megasphaera, Bacteroides, Alistipes, and Blautia at the genus level. Additionally, short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production was altered (p < 0.05) site-specifically in each colon vessel, which could be attributed to the available substrates and changes in microbial composition. Total SCFAs were significantly higher for PB in the ascending colon (AC) and descending colon (DC) but higher for BB only in the transverse colon (TC). This research illustrates the crucial role of meat analog physical structure in modulating nutritional aspects beyond food composition alone.
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Barzideh Z, Siddiqi M, Mohamed HM, LaPointe G. Dynamics of Starter and Non-Starter Lactic Acid Bacteria Populations in Long-Ripened Cheddar Cheese Using Propidium Monoazide (PMA) Treatment. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10081669. [PMID: 36014087 PMCID: PMC9413250 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The microbial community of industrially produced Canadian Cheddar cheese was examined from curd to ripened cheese at 30-32 months using a combination of viable plate counts of SLAB (GM17) and NSLAB (MRSv), qPCR and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Cell treatment with propidium monoazide excluded DNA of permeable cells from amplification. The proportion of permeable cells of both Lactococcus spp. and Lacticaseibacillus spp. was highest at 3-6 months. While most remaining Lacticaseibacillus spp. cells were intact during later ripening stages, a consistent population of permeable Lactococcus spp. cells was maintained over the 32-month period. While Lactococcus sequence variants were significant biomarkers for viable cheese curd communities at 0-1 m, Lacticaseibacillus was identified as a distinctive biomarker for cheeses from 7 to 20 months. From 24 to 32 months, Lacticaseibacillus was replaced in significance by four genera (Pediococcus and Latilactobacillus at 24 m and at 30-32 m, Secundilactobacillus and Paucilactobacillus). These results underscore the importance of monitoring potential defects in cheeses aged over 24 months, which could be diagnosed early through microbial DNA profiling to minimize potential waste of product. Future perspectives include correlating volatile flavor compounds with microbial community composition as well as the investigation of intra-species diversity.
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- Zoha Barzideh
- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Faculty of Computer and Artificial Intelligence, Benha University, Banha 13518, Egypt
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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Ouamba AJK, Gagnon M, LaPointe G, Chouinard PY, Roy D. Graduate Student Literature Review: Farm management practices: Potential microbial sources that determine the microbiota of raw bovine milk. J Dairy Sci 2022; 105:7276-7287. [PMID: 35863929 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-21758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Environmental and herd-associated factors such as geographical location, climatic conditions, forage types, bedding, soil, animal genetics, herd size, housing, lactation stage, and udder health are exploited by farmers to dictate specific management strategies that ensure dairy operation profitability and enhance the sustainability of milk production. Along with milking routines, milking systems, and storage conditions, these farming practices greatly influence the microbiota of raw milk, as evidenced by several recent studies. During the past few years, the increased interest in high-throughput sequencing technologies combined with culture-dependent methods to investigate dairy microbial ecology has improved our understanding of raw milk community dynamics throughout storage and processing. However, knowledge is still lacking on the niche-specific communities in the farm environment, and on the factors that determine bacteria transfer to the raw milk. This review summarizes findings from the past 2 decades regarding the effects of farm management practices on the diversity of bacterial species that determine the microbiological quality of raw cow milk.
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- Alexandre J K Ouamba
- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada; Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, J2S 2M2, Canada.
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- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada; Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, J2S 2M2, Canada
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- Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, J2S 2M2, Canada; Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, J2S 2M2, Canada; Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada; Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, J2S 2M2, Canada
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Ali E, LaPointe G. Modulation of Virulence Gene Expression in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica typhimurium by Synthetic Milk-Derived Peptides. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins 2022; 14:690-698. [PMID: 35380388 DOI: 10.1007/s12602-022-09936-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The hydrolysis of milk proteins produces valuable bioactive peptides, some of which show antivirulence activity. In this study, five synthetic milk-derived peptides (β-LG f(9-18), β-CN f(5-15), β-CN f(17-27), β-CN f(94-106), and β-CN f(129-137)) were shown to decrease the expression of virulence genes in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica typhimurium when tested at four concentrations (0.02, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 mg/ml). A mixture of these synthetic peptides at concentrations of 0.02 and 0.2 mg/ml each significantly downregulated the expression of both hilA and ssrB virulence genes in Salmonella typhimurium after a 3-h incubation. Individually, β-CN f(17-27) at 0.02 mg/ml caused a significant decrease in both hilA and ssrB gene expressions. These results suggest a synergistic interaction between bioactive peptides. Depending on dose and amino acid sequence, these five peptides were able to affect the expression of some virulence genes in Salmonella typhimurium.
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- Eman Ali
- Food Hygiene Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour El-Beheira, 22511, Egypt
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- Department of Food Science, Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Wang Y, Liu Y, Ivusic Polic I, Chandran Matheyambath A, LaPointe G. Modulation of human gut microbiota composition and metabolites by arabinogalactan and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum BB536 in the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME®). J Funct Foods 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2021.104820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Gagnon M, Goulet C, LaPointe G, Chouinard PY, Roy D. Effect of two thermoresistant non-starter lactic acid bacteria strains on volatilome profile during Cheddar ripening simulation. Int J Food Microbiol 2021; 357:109382. [PMID: 34509932 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dairy farm management practices can modify milk microbiota and therefore modulate non-starter lactic acid bacteria (NSLAB) found in cheese. These NSLAB can cause organoleptic defects. This study aimed to investigate the impact of two potential NSLAB in Cheddar cheesemaking: Lactiplantibacillus plantarum RKG 2-212 a strain isolated both in corn silage and raw milk, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii RKG R10, a strain isolated after pasteurisation of milk from a farm using grass and legume silage, and corn silage. The whole genome of these two lactobacilli was first sequenced. Then, the thermoresistance was evaluated after treatment at 60 °C for 5 min and compared to reference strains. Both lactobacilli were highly thermoresistant compared to other three lactic acid bacteria which are Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris ATCC 19257 and SK11, and L. plantarum ATCC 14917 (P < 0.0001). They lost less than 1 log cfu/mL (Δlog) and their genome contained a great number of copy number of genes coding for heat shock protein. During a Pearce test activity simulating Cheddar cheesemaking, the two lactobacilli did not show interaction with the starter Lcc. lactis subsp. cremoris SK11, and their population remained stable. During a ripening simulation, L. delbrueckii RKG R10 had a slight loss in viability in cheese slurry samples incubated at 30 °C for 12 d. However, L. plantarum RKG 2-212 had considerable growth, from 6.51 to 8.3 log cfu/g. This growth was associated with the acidification of the slurries (P < 0.0001). The presence of the lactobacilli modified the profile of volatile compounds evaluated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, accounting for 10.7% of the variation. The strain L. plantarum RKG 2-212 produced volatile compounds in greater quantity that could be associated with organoleptic defects such as acetic acid and 2-methylbutyraldehyde. Therefore, silage can be a vector of thermoresistant lactic acid bacteria for milk which can lead to flavor defects in cheese.
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- Mérilie Gagnon
- Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Département de Sciences des Aliments, Université Laval, 2440 bl. Hochelaga, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Regroupement de Recherche Pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), 3200 rue sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada.
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- Département de Phytologie, Université Laval, 2480 bl. Hochelaga, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
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- Regroupement de Recherche Pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), 3200 rue sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada; Food Science Department, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
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- Regroupement de Recherche Pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), 3200 rue sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada; Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, 2425 rue de l'agriculture, Québec, QC G1V OA6, Canada.
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- Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Département de Sciences des Aliments, Université Laval, 2440 bl. Hochelaga, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Regroupement de Recherche Pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), 3200 rue sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada.
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Liu Y, Chandran Matheyambath A, Ivusic Polic I, LaPointe G. Differential fermentation of raw and processed high-amylose and waxy maize starches in the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME®). J Funct Foods 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2021.104735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Cavestri C, Savard P, Fliss I, Emond-Rhéault JG, Hamel J, Kukavica-Ibrulj I, Boyle B, Daigle F, Malo D, Bekal S, Harris LJ, Levesque RC, Goodridge L, LaPointe G. Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica virulence potential can be linked to higher survival within a dynamic in vitro human gastrointestinal model. Food Microbiol 2021; 101:103877. [PMID: 34579845 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2021.103877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica is one of the leading causes of human foodborne infections and several outbreaks are now associated with the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables. This study aims at evaluating whether Salmonella virulence can be linked to an enhanced ability to survive successive digestive environments. Thirteen S. enterica strains were selected according to high and low virulence phenotypes. Lettuce inoculated separately with each S. enterica strain was used as food matrix in the TNO gastrointestinal model (TIM-1) of the human upper gastrointestinal tract. During the passage in the stomach, counts determined using PMA-qPCR were 2-5 logs higher than the cultivable counts for all strains indicating the presence of viable but non-cultivable cells. Bacterial growth was observed in the duodenum compartment after 180 min for all but one strain and growth continued into the ileal compartment. After passage through the simulated gastrointestinal tract, both virulent and avirulent S. enterica strains survived but high virulence strains had a significantly (p = 0.004) better average survival rate (1003 %-3753 %) than low virulence strains (from 25 % to 3730%). The survival rates of S. enterica strains could be linked to the presence of genes associated with acid and bile resistance and their predicted products. The presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms may also impact the function of virulence associated genes and play a role in the resulting phenotype. These data provide an understanding of the relationship between measured virulence potential and survival of S. enterica during dynamic simulated gastrointestinal transit.
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- Camille Cavestri
- Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Institute for Integrative and Systems Biology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Institute for Integrative and Systems Biology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Département de Microbiologie Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Santé Publique Du Québec, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Canada
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Institute for Integrative and Systems Biology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
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Hansen EB, Nielsen DS, LaPointe G. Editorial: microbial food and feed ingredients - functionality and health. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2021; 368:6374167. [PMID: 34551069 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnab120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Egon Bech Hansen
- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Building 202, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Food Science, Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, 43 McGilvray St, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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Barbosa PDPM, Ruviaro AR, Martins IM, Macedo JA, LaPointe G, Macedo GA. Enzyme-assisted extraction of flavanones from citrus pomace: Obtention of natural compounds with anti-virulence and anti-adhesive effect against Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium. Food Control 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Olajide AM, Chen S, LaPointe G. Markers to Rapidly Distinguish Bacillus paralicheniformis From the Very Close Relative, Bacillus licheniformis. Front Microbiol 2021; 11:596828. [PMID: 33505369 PMCID: PMC7829221 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.596828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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As close relatives, Bacillus paralicheniformis is often wrongly identified as Bacillus licheniformis. In this study, two genetic markers are presented based on fenC and fenD from the fengycin operon of B. paralicheniformis to rapidly distinguish it from B. licheniformis. The fengycin operon is one of the few present in B. paralicheniformis but absent in B. lichenformis up to date. Using these markers, two presumptive B. paralicheniformis isolates each were recovered from a set of isolates previously identified as B. licheniformis by Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) or identified only to genus level as Bacillus by 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing, respectively. Whole genome sequencing of the four isolates confirmed their identity as B. paralicheniformis having the closest similarity with B. paralicheniformis ATCC 9945a (GenBank: CP005965.1) with a 7,682 k-mer score and 97.22% Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI). ANI of 100% suggests that the four isolates are highly similar. Further analysis will be necessary to determine if finer differences exist among these isolates at the level of single nucleotide polymorphisms.
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- Atinuke M Olajide
- CRIFS, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, ON, Canada
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- Agriculture and Food Laboratory, Laboratory Services Division, University of Guelph, Ontario, ON, Canada
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- CRIFS, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, ON, Canada
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Bondue P, Lebrun S, Taminiau B, Everaert N, LaPointe G, Hendrick C, Gaillez J, Crèvecoeur S, Daube G, Delcenserie V. Effect of Bifidobacterium crudilactis and 3′-sialyllactose on the toddler microbiota using the SHIME® model. Food Res Int 2020; 138:109755. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Wilkinson MG, LaPointe G. Invited review: Starter lactic acid bacteria survival in cheese: New perspectives on cheese microbiology. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103:10963-10985. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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de Paula Menezes Barbosa P, Roggia Ruviaro A, Mateus Martins I, Alves Macedo J, LaPointe G, Alves Macedo G. Effect of enzymatic treatment of citrus by-products on bacterial growth, adhesion and cytokine production by Caco-2 cells. Food Funct 2020; 11:8996-9009. [PMID: 33007056 DOI: 10.1039/d0fo01963a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Citrus by-products are inexpensive sources of polyphenols, important bioactive compounds with wide pharmaceutical and food applications. This study aimed to investigate the effect of enzymatic treatment of citrus by-products on the polyphenolic profile of extracts and assess the influence of extracts on the growth and adhesion of probiotics and foodborne pathogenic bacteria and on the inflammatory response of epithelial cells. Enzyme-assisted extraction altered the polyphenolic profile (as assessed by HPLC-DAD), increasing the content of aglycone flavanones (naringenin and hesperetin). Enzymatic extracts and aglycone flavanones exhibited higher antibacterial and prebiotic activities than non-enzymatic extracts and glycoside flavanones. However, a higher content of aglycones was not associated with higher anti-adhesion activity. Citrus extracts significantly (P ≤ 0.05) decreased the inflammatory response of Caco-2 cells to Salmonella Typhimurium adhesion. These results support the sustainable reuse of citrus agroindustrial wastes and indicate the potential of citrus extracts in preventing infection by foodborne pathogenic bacteria and inducing proliferation of probiotics in foods and the gut environment.
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- School of Food Engineering, Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil
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- School of Food Engineering, Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil
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- School of Food Engineering, Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- School of Food Engineering, Department of Food Science, University of Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil. and School of Food Engineering, Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil
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Bertsch A, Roy D, LaPointe G. Fermentation of Wheat Bran and Whey Permeate by Mono-Cultures of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus Strains and Co-culture With Yeast Enhances Bioactive Properties. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:956. [PMID: 32850769 PMCID: PMC7427622 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The aim of this work was to obtain a bioingredient (BI) with bioactive properties through the solid fermentation of a wheat bran-whey permeate (WB/WP) mixture with three strains of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (R0011, ATCC 9595, and RW-9595M) in mono or co-culture with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The choice of these strains was based on their capacity to produce the same exopolysaccharide (EPS), but at different yields. The solid fermentation of WB/WP revealed a similar growth pattern, sugar utilization and metabolite production between strains and types of culture. Lactic acid, soluble protein, free amino acid and phenolic compound content in BI were compared to NFWB. Water soluble polysaccharides (including EPS) were significantly increased in co-culture for (44%) ATCC 9595, (40%) R0011 and (27%) RW-9595M. The amount of bound Total Phenolic Content (TPC) as well as the antioxidant activity in BI were higher after fermentation. The free phenolic acid content was higher after fermentation with ATCC 9595 (53-59%), RW-9595M (45-46%), and R0011 (29-39%) compared to non-fermented NFWB. Fermentation by these strains increased the amounts of free caffeic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in both types of culture. The bound phenolic acid content was enhanced in co-culture for the BI obtained from the highest EPS producer strain RW-9595M which was 30% higher than NFWB. After in vitro digestion, bioaccessibility of free total phenolic acids was improved by more than 40% in BI compared to NFWB. The co-culture increased recovery of TPC (%) and antioxidant activity compared to monoculture for the strains in digested product. In contrast, the recovery of bound total phenolic acids in co-culture was 33 and 38% lower when compared to monoculture for R0011 and RW-9595M. Our findings provide new insights into the impact of LAB/yeast co-culture on the bioactive properties of fermented wheat bran.
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- Annalisse Bertsch
- Department of Food Science, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
- Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
- Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Gagnon M, Ouamba AJK, LaPointe G, Chouinard PY, Roy D. Prevalence and abundance of lactic acid bacteria in raw milk associated with forage types in dairy cow feeding. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103:5931-5946. [PMID: 32359994 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-17918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) found in milk can be responsible for organoleptic defects in cheese. To identify sources of LAB that could potentially develop during cheese making, we evaluated their prevalence and abundance in milk according to the type of forage used in dairy cow feeding. Forages and bulk tank milk were sampled 3 times on 24 farms using either hay alone (control), or grass or legume silage supplemented with corn silage or not. Both types of silage were either non-inoculated or inoculated with commercial preparations containing at least a Lactobacillus buchneri strain along with Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus faecium, or Pediococcus pentosaceus. Our results indicate that LAB viable counts in milk samples (2.56 log cfu/mL) did not differ according to the type of forage used. A total of 1,239 LAB were isolated and identified by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Although inoculation increased lactobacilli abundance in grass silage by 35%, we did not observe an effect on the LAB profile of milk. Indeed, we found no significant difference in milk LAB prevalence and abundance according to the type of forage (P > 0.05). Moreover, isolates belonging to the L. buchneri group were rarely found in bulk tank milk (3 out of 481 isolates). Random amplified polymorphic DNA typing of 406 LAB isolates revealed the plausible transfer of some strains from silage to milk (~6%). Thus, forage is only a minor contributor to LAB contamination of milk.
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- Mérilie Gagnon
- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada
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- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada
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- Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada; Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada; Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Département des Sciences des Aliments, Laboratoire de Génomique Microbienne, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Regroupement de Recherche pour un Lait de Qualité Optimale (Op+Lait), Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada.
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Bondue P, Milani C, Arnould E, Ventura M, Daube G, LaPointe G, Delcenserie V. Bifidobacterium mongoliense genome seems particularly adapted to milk oligosaccharide digestion leading to production of antivirulent metabolites. BMC Microbiol 2020; 20:111. [PMID: 32380943 PMCID: PMC7206731 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-020-01804-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) could promote the growth of bifidobacteria, improving young children's health. In addition, fermentation of carbohydrates by bifidobacteria can result in the production of metabolites presenting an antivirulent activity against intestinal pathogens. Bovine milk oligosaccharides (BMO), structurally similar to HMO, are found at high concentration in cow whey. This is particularly observed for 3'-sialyllactose (3'SL). This study focused on enzymes and transport systems involved in HMO/BMO metabolism contained in B. crudilactis and B. mongoliense genomes, two species from bovine milk origin. The ability of B. mongoliense to grow in media supplemented with whey or 3'SL was assessed. Next, the effects of cell-free spent media (CFSM) were tested against the virulence expression of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. RESULTS Due to the presence of genes encoding β-galactosidases, β-hexosaminidases, α-sialidases and α-fucosidases, B. mongoliense presents a genome more sophisticated and more adapted to the digestion of BMO/HMO than B. crudilactis (which contains only β-galactosidases). In addition, HMO/BMO digestion involves genes encoding oligosaccharide transport systems found in B. mongoliense but not in B. crudilactis. B. mongoliense seemed able to grow on media supplemented with whey or 3'SL as main source of carbon (8.3 ± 1.0 and 6.7 ± 0.3 log cfu/mL, respectively). CFSM obtained from whey resulted in a significant under-expression of ler, fliC, luxS, stx1 and qseA genes (- 2.2, - 5.3, - 2.4, - 2.5 and - 4.8, respectively; P < 0.05) of E. coli O157:H7. CFSM from 3'SL resulted in a significant up-regulation of luxS (2.0; P < 0.05) gene and a down-regulation of fliC (- 5.0; P < 0.05) gene. CFSM obtained from whey resulted in significant up-regulations of sopD and hil genes (2.9 and 3.5, respectively; P < 0.05) of S. Typhimurium, while CFSM obtained from 3'SL fermentation down-regulated hil and sopD genes (- 2.7 and - 4.2, respectively; P < 0.05). CONCLUSION From enzymes and transporters highlighted in the genome of B. mongoliense and its potential ability to metabolise 3'SL and whey, B. mongoliense seems well able to digest HMO/BMO. The exact nature of the metabolites contained in CFSM has to be identified still. These results suggest that BMO associated with B. mongoliense could be an interesting synbiotic formulation to maintain or restore intestinal health of young children.
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- Pauline Bondue
- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
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Bondue P, Crèvecoeur S, Brose F, Daube G, Seghaye MC, Griffiths MW, LaPointe G, Delcenserie V. Corrigendum: Cell-Free Spent Media Obtained From Bifidobacterium bifidum and Bifidobacterium crudilactis Grown in Media Supplemented with 3'-Sialyllactose Modulate Virulence Gene Expression in Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Typhimurium. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2490. [PMID: 31798537 PMCID: PMC6868515 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Pauline Bondue
- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Ali E, Nielsen SD, Abd-El Aal S, El-Leboudy A, Saleh E, LaPointe G. Use of Mass Spectrometry to Profile Peptides in Whey Protein Isolate Medium Fermented by Lactobacillus helveticus LH-2 and Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5. Front Nutr 2019; 6:152. [PMID: 31681785 PMCID: PMC6803757 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Peptides in the 3-kDa ultrafiltrate of fermented whey protein isolate (WPI) medium could be responsible for the antivirulence activity of Lactobacillus helveticus LH-2 and Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5 against Salmonella Typhimurium. Non-fermented and fermented media containing 5.6% WPI were fractionated at a 3 kDa cut-off and the filtrate was analyzed by mass spectrometry. The non-fermented WPI medium contained 109 milk derived peptides, which originated from β-casein (52), αs1-casein (22), αs2-casein (10), κ-casein (8), and β-lactoglobulin (17). Most of these peptides were not found in the fermented media, except for 14 peptides from β-casein and one peptide from αs2-casein. Database searches confirmed that 39 out of the 109 peptides had established physiological functions, including angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, or immunomodulating activity. A total of 75 peptides were found in the LH-2 cell free spent medium (CFSM): 54 from β-casein, 14 from k-casein, 4 from β-lactoglobulin and 3 from αs2-casein. From these peptides, 19 have previously been associated with several categories of bioactivity. For La-5 CFSM, a total of 15 peptides were sequenced: 8 from β-casein, 5 from αs1-casein, 2 from β-lactoglobulin. Only 5 of these have previously been reported as having bioactivity. Many of the peptides remaining in the fermented medium would contain low-affinity residues for oligopeptide binding proteins and higher resistance to peptidase hydrolysis. These properties of the sequenced peptides could explain their accumulation after fermentation despite the active proteolytic enzymes of LH-2 and La-5 strains. Down-regulated expression of hilA and ssrB genes in S. Typhimurium was observed in the presence of La-5 and LH-2 CFSM. Downregulation was not observed for the Salmonella oppA mutant strain exposed to the same CFSM used to treat the S. Typhimurium DT104 wild-type strain. This result suggests the importance of peptide transport by S. Typhimurium for down regulation of virulence genes in Salmonella.
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- Eman Ali
- Food Hygiene Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt
- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Food Control Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Food Hygiene Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Food Hygiene Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Zhang JS, Corredig M, Morales-Rayas R, Hassan A, Griffiths MW, LaPointe G. Downregulation of Salmonella Virulence Gene Expression During Invasion of Epithelial Cells Treated with Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris JFR1 Requires OppA. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins 2019; 12:577-588. [PMID: 31377945 DOI: 10.1007/s12602-019-09574-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Invasion of Salmonella into host intestinal epithelial cells requires the expression of virulence genes. In this study, cell culture models of human intestinal cells (mucus-producing HT29-MTX cells, absorptive Caco-2 cells, and combined cocultures of the two) were used to determine the effects of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris treatments (exopolysaccharide producing and nonproducing strains) on the virulence gene expression of Salmonella Typhimurium and its mutant lacking the oligopeptide permease subunit A (ΔoppA). During the course of epithelial cell (HT29-MTX, Caco-2, and combined) infection by Salmonella Typhimurium DT104, improved barrier function was reflected by increased transepithelial electrical resistance in cells treated with both strains of L. lactis subsp. cremoris. In addition, virulence gene expression was downregulated, accompanied with lower numbers of invasive bacteria into epithelial cells in the presence of L. lactis subsp. cremoris treatments. Similarly, virulence gene expression of Salmonella was also suppressed when coincubated with overnight cultures of both L. lactis subsp. cremoris strains in the absence of epithelial cells. However, in medium or in the presence of cell cultures, Salmonella lacking the OppA permease function remained virulent. HT29-MTX cells and combined cultures stimulated by Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 showed significantly lower secretion levels of pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-8 after treatment with L. lactis subsp. cremoris cell suspensions. Contrarily, these responses were not observed during infection with S. Typhimurium ΔoppA. Both the exopolysaccharide producing and nonproducing strains of L. lactis subsp. cremoris JFR1 exhibited an antivirulence effect against S. Typhimurium DT104 although no significant difference between the two strains was observed. Our results show that an intact peptide transporter is essential for the suppression of Salmonella virulence genes which leads to the protection of the barrier function in the cell culture models studied.
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- J S Zhang
- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Daisy Brand, Dallas, TX, 75251, USA
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Zhang JS, Corredig M, Morales-Rayas R, Hassan A, Griffiths MW, LaPointe G. Effect of fermented milk from Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris strain JFR1 on Salmonella invasion of intestinal epithelial cells. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:6802-6819. [PMID: 31202650 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The process of fermentation contributes to the organoleptic properties, preservation, and nutritional benefits of food. Fermented food may interfere with pathogen infections through a variety of mechanisms, including competitive exclusion or improving intestinal barrier integrity. In this study, the effect of milk fermented with Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris JFR1 on Salmonella invasion of intestinal epithelial cell cultures was investigated. Epithelial cells (HT29-MTX, Caco-2, and cocultures of the 2) were treated for 1 h with Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris JFR1 fermented milk before infection with Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica Typhimurium. Treatment with fermented milk resulted in increased transepithelial electrical resistance, which remained constant for the duration of infection (up to 3 h), illustrating a protective effect. After gentamicin treatment to remove adhered bacterial cells, enumeration revealed a reduction in numbers of intracellular Salmonella. Quantitative reverse-transcription PCR data indicated a downregulation of Salmonella virulence genes hilA, invA, and sopD after treatment with fermented milk. Fermented milk treatment of epithelial cells also exhibited an immunomodulatory effect reducing the production of proinflammatory IL-8. In contrast, chemically acidified milk (glucono delta-lactone) failed to show the same effect on monolayer integrity, Salmonella Typhimurium invasion, and gene expression as well as immune modulation. Furthermore, an oppA knockout mutant of Salmonella Typhimurium infecting treated epithelial cells did not show suppressed virulence gene expression. Collectively, these results suggest that milk fermented with Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris JFR1 is effective in vitro in the reduction of Salmonella invasion into intestinal epithelial cells. A functional OppA permease in Salmonella is required to obtain the antivirulence effect of fermented milk.
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- J S Zhang
- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Hansen EB, Nielsen DS, LaPointe G. Editorial: Microbial food and feed ingredients - reconciling tradition and novelty. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:5528275. [PMID: 31271430 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Egon Bech Hansen
- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Building 202, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- University of Copenhagen, Department of Food Science, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, 43 McGilvray St, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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Joye IJ, Corradini MG, Duizer LM, Bohrer BM, LaPointe G, Farber JM, Spagnuolo PA, Rogers MA. A comprehensive perspective of food nanomaterials. Adv Food Nutr Res 2019; 88:1-45. [PMID: 31151722 DOI: 10.1016/bs.afnr.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Nanotechnology is a rapidly developing toolbox that provides solutions to numerous challenges in the food industry and meet public demands for healthier and safer food products. The diversity of nanostructures and their vast, tunable functionality drives their inclusion in food products and packaging materials to improve their nutritional quality through bioactive fortification and probiotics encapsulation, enhance their safety due to their antimicrobial and sensing capabilities and confer novel sensorial properties. In this food nanotechnology state-of-the-art communication, matrix materials with particular focus on food-grade components, existing and novel production techniques, and current and potential applications in the fields of food quality, safety and preservation, nutrient bioaccessibility and digestibility will be detailed. Additionally, a thorough analysis of potential strategies to assess the safety of these novel nanostructures is presented.
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- I J Joye
- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Arrell Food Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
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Blaya J, Barzideh Z, LaPointe G. Symposium review: Interaction of starter cultures and nonstarter lactic acid bacteria in the cheese environment. J Dairy Sci 2017; 101:3611-3629. [PMID: 29274982 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-13345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The microbiota of ripening cheese is dominated by lactic acid bacteria, which are either added as starters and adjunct cultures or originate from the production and processing environments (nonstarter or NSLAB). After curd formation and pressing, starters reach high numbers, but their viability then decreases due to lactose depletion, salt addition, and low pH and temperature. Starter autolysis releases cellular contents, including nutrients and enzymes, into the cheese matrix. During ripening, NSLAB may attain cell densities up to 8 log cfu per g after 3 to 9 mo. Depending on the species and strain, their metabolic activity may contribute to defects or inconsistency in cheese quality and to the development of typical cheese flavor. The availability of gene and genome sequences has enabled targeted detection of specific cheese microbes and their gene expression over the ripening period. Integrated systems biology is needed to combine the multiple perspectives of post-genomics technologies to elucidate the metabolic interactions among microorganisms. Future research should delve into the variation in cell physiology within the microbial populations, because spatial distribution within the cheese matrix will lead to microenvironments that could affect localized interactions of starters and NSLAB. Microbial community modeling can contribute to improving the efficiency and reduce the cost of food processes such as cheese ripening.
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- J Blaya
- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.
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Lyu Y, LaPointe G, Zhong L, Lu J, Zhang C, Lu Z. Heterologous Expression of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase in Lactococcus lactis for Acetaldehyde Detoxification at Low pH. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2017; 184:570-581. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-017-2573-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bondue P, Crèvecoeur S, Brose F, Daube G, Seghaye MC, Griffiths MW, LaPointe G, Delcenserie V. Cell-Free Spent Media Obtained from Bifidobacterium bifidum and Bifidobacterium crudilactis Grown in Media Supplemented with 3'-Sialyllactose Modulate Virulence Gene Expression in Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Typhimurium. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1460. [PMID: 27713728 PMCID: PMC5031695 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Complex oligosaccharides from human milk (HMO) possess an antimicrobial activity and can promote the growth of bifidobacteria such as Bifidobacterium bifidum and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis. In addition, fermentation of carbohydrates by bifidobacteria can result in the production of metabolites presenting an antivirulence effect on several pathogenic bacteria. Whey is rich in complex bovine milk oligosaccharides (BMO) structurally similar to HMO and B. crudilactis, a species of bovine origin, is able to metabolize some of those complex carbohydrates. This study focused on the ability of B. bifidum and B. crudilactis to grow in a culture medium supplemented in 3′-sialyllactose (3′SL) as the main source of carbon, a major BMO encountered in cow milk. Next, the effects of cell-free spent media (CFSM) were tested against virulence expression of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Both strains were able to grow in presence of 3′SL, but B. crudilactis showed the best growth (7.92 ± 0.3 log cfu/ml) compared to B. bifidum (6.84 ± 0.9 log cfu/ml). Then, CFSM were tested for their effects on virulence gene expression by ler and hilA promoter activity of luminescent mutants of E. coli and S. Typhimurium, respectively, and on wild type strains of E. coli O157:H7 and S. Typhimurium using RT-qPCR. All CFSM resulted in significant under expression of the ler and hilA genes for the luminescent mutants and ler (ratios of −15.4 and −8.1 respectively) and qseA (ratios of −2.1 and −3.1) for the wild type strain of E. coli O157:H7. The 3′SL, a major BMO, combined with some bifidobacteria strains of bovine or human origin could therefore be an interesting synbiotic to maintain or restore the intestinal health of young children. These effects observed in vitro will be further investigated regarding the overall phenotype of pathogenic agents and the exact nature of the active molecules.
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- Pauline Bondue
- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège Liège, Belgium
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph Guelph, Canada
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- Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège Liège, Belgium
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Kang HJ, Gilbert C, Badeaux F, Atlan D, LaPointe G. A tyrosine phosphorylation switch controls the interaction between the transmembrane modulator protein Wzd and the tyrosine kinase Wze of Lactobacillus rhamnosus. BMC Microbiol 2015; 15:40. [PMID: 25885688 PMCID: PMC4340800 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0371-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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Background One proposed mechanism for assembly of secreted heteropolysaccharides by many Gram positive bacteria relies on the coordinated action of a polymerization complex through reversible phosphorylation events. The role of the tyrosine protein kinase transmembrane modulator is, however, not well understood. Results The protein sequences deduced from the wzb, wzd and wze genes from Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC 9595 and RW-9595 M contain motifs also found in corresponding proteins CpsB, CpsC and CpsD from Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 (serotype 2). Use of an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody demonstrated that both Wzd and Wze can be found in tyrosine phosphorylated form. When tyrosine 266 was mutated to phenylalanine, WzdY266F showed slightly less phosphorylated protein than those produced by using eight other tyrosine mutated Wzd genes, when expressed along with Wze and Wzb in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363. In order to demonstrate the importance of ATP for the interactions among these proteins, native and fusion Wzb, Wzd and Wze proteins were expressed and purified from Escherichia coli cultures. The modulator protein, Wzd, binds with the phosphotyrosine kinase Wze, irrespective of its phosphorylation status. However, Wze attained a higher phosphorylation level after interacting with phosphorylated Wzd in the presence of 10 mM ATP. This highly phosphorylated Wze did not remain in close association with phosphorylated Wzd. Conclusion The Wze tyrosine kinase protein of Lactobacillus rhamnosus thus carries out tyrosine phosphorylation of Wzd in addition to auto- and trans- phosphorylation of the kinase itself. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-015-0371-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hye-Ji Kang
- STELA Dairy Research Centre, INAF, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, QC, Canada. .,Present address: Academy of Immunology and Microbiology (AIM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Pohang, 790-784, Republic of Korea.
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- CIRI-U1111 INSERM- UMR5308 CNRS-UCBL-ENSL, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 10 rue Dubois, bât. Lwoff, F-69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France.
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- STELA Dairy Research Centre, INAF, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, QC, Canada.
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- CNRS, UMR5240, Unité microbiologie, adaptation et pathogénie, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France.
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- STELA Dairy Research Centre, INAF, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, QC, Canada.
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Desfossés-Foucault É, LaPointe G, Roy D. Dynamics and rRNA transcriptional activity of lactococci and lactobacilli during Cheddar cheese ripening. Int J Food Microbiol 2013; 166:117-24. [PMID: 23850855 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cheddar cheese is a complex ecosystem where both the bacterial population and the cheese making process contribute to flavor and texture development. The aim of this study was to use molecular methods to evaluate the impact of milk heat treatment and ripening temperature on starter lactococci and non-starter lactic acid bacteria (NSLAB) throughout ripening of Cheddar cheese. Eight Cheddar cheese batches were manufactured (four with thermized and four with pasteurized milk) and ripened at 4, 7 and 12°C to analyze the bacterial composition and rRNA transcriptional activity reflecting the ability of lactococci and lactobacilli to synthesize proteins. Abundance and rRNA transcription of lactococci and lactobacilli were quantified after DNA and RNA extraction by using quantitative PCR (qPCR) and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) targeting the 16S rRNA gene, respectively. Results showed that lactococci remained dominant throughout ripening, although 16S rRNA genome and cDNA copies/g of cheese decreased by four and two log copy numbers, respectively. Abundance and rRNA transcription of Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus buchneri/parabuchneri, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus brevis, and Lactobacillus coryniformis as well as total lactobacilli were also estimated using specific 16S rRNA primers. L. paracasei and L. buchneri/parabuchneri concomitantly grew in cheese made from thermized milk at 7 and 12°C, although L. paracasei displayed the most rRNA transcription among Lactobacillus species. This work showed that rRNA transcriptional activity of lactococci decreased throughout ripening and supports the usefulness of RNA analysis to assess which bacterial species have the ability to synthesize proteins during ripening, and could thereby contribute to cheese quality.
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- Émilie Desfossés-Foucault
- Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), Département des Sciences des Aliments et de Nutrition, Université Laval, G1V 0A6 QC, Canada
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Delcenserie V, LaPointe G, Charaslertrangsi T, Rabalski A, Griffiths MW. Glucose decreases virulence gene expression of Escherichia coli O157:H7. J Food Prot 2012; 75:748-52. [PMID: 22488065 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-11-384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Escherichia coli O157:H7 is responsible for a human toxico-infection that can lead to severe complications such as hemolytic uremic syndrome. Inside the intestine, E. coli O157:H7 forms typical attaching-effacing lesions and produces Shiga toxins. The genes that are responsible for these lesions are located in a pathogenicity island called the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE). LEE gene expression is influenced by quorum sensing through the luxS system. In this study, the effect of glucose on the expression of several genes from LEE, on the expression of Shiga toxin genes, and on the expression of luxS was assessed with real-time, reverse transcription PCR. All concentrations of glucose (from 0.1 to 1%) were able to down-regulate genes from the LEE operon. A slight down-regulation of genes implicated in Shiga toxin expression was also observed but was significant for low doses of glucose (0.1 to 0.5%) only. A slight but significant increase in luxS expression was observed with 1% glucose. This confirms that in addition to quorum sensing, the presence or absence of nutrients such as glucose has an impact on the down- or upregulation of LEE-encoded virulence genes by the bacterium. The influence of glucose on the virulence of E. coli O157:H7 has received little attention, and these results suggest that glucose can have an important effect on the virulence of E. coli O157:H7.
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- V Delcenserie
- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph and Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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Filteau M, Lagacé L, LaPointe G, Roy D. Maple sap predominant microbial contaminants are correlated with the physicochemical and sensorial properties of maple syrup. Int J Food Microbiol 2012; 154:30-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Revised: 10/28/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nicolas GG, LaPointe G, Lavoie MC. Production, purification, sequencing and activity spectra of mutacins D-123.1 and F-59.1. BMC Microbiol 2011; 11:69. [PMID: 21477375 PMCID: PMC3088537 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The increase in bacterial resistance to antibiotics impels the development of new anti-bacterial substances. Mutacins (bacteriocins) are small antibacterial peptides produced by Streptococcus mutans showing activity against bacterial pathogens. The objective of the study was to produce and characterise additional mutacins in order to find new useful antibacterial substances. Results Mutacin F-59.1 was produced in liquid media by S. mutans 59.1 while production of mutacin D-123.1 by S. mutans 123.1 was obtained in semi-solid media. Mutacins were purified by hydrophobic chromatography. The amino acid sequences of the mutacins were obtained by Edman degradation and their molecular mass was determined by mass spectrometry. Mutacin F-59.1 consists of 25 amino acids, containing the YGNGV consensus sequence of pediocin-like bacteriocins with a molecular mass calculated at 2719 Da. Mutacin D-123.1 has an identical molecular mass (2364 Da) with the same first 9 amino acids as mutacin I. Mutacins D-123.1 and F-59.1 have wide activity spectra inhibiting human and food-borne pathogens. The lantibiotic mutacin D-123.1 possesses a broader activity spectrum than mutacin F-59.1 against the bacterial strains tested. Conclusion Mutacin F-59.1 is the first pediocin-like bacteriocin identified and characterised that is produced by Streptococcus mutans. Mutacin D-123.1 appears to be identical to mutacin I previously identified in different strains of S. mutans.
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- Guillaume G Nicolas
- Département de Biochimie Microbiologie et Bioinformatique, Faculté des Sciences et Génie, Université Laval, Québec (Québec), G1K 7P4, Canada.
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Taïbi A, Dabour N, Lamoureux M, Roy D, LaPointe G. Comparative transcriptome analysis of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris strains under conditions simulating Cheddar cheese manufacture. Int J Food Microbiol 2011; 146:263-75. [PMID: 21435733 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gene expression in response to technological variations can influence fermentation and flavor generation in Cheddar cheese, and can vary from one lactococcal strain to another, perceived as differences in starter performance. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of cheese cooking temperature at 38 °C and salting on the transcriptional profiles of four closely related strains of L. lactis subsp. cremoris under simulated conditions of Cheddar cheese manufacture. Two responses could be distinguished, a core gene expression, corresponding to the common response of all strains and strain-specific response during the Cheddar simulating process. For the core gene expression after heating of inoculated milk at 38 °C, two groups of differentially expressed genes were identified: i) stress response and ii) carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism. The response to combined stresses of heat, acid and salt resulted in: i) general decrease of functions linked to cell division and metabolism, ii) specific responses related to stress such as the induction of genes coding for chaperones and proteases and iii) expression of prophage lytic systems for certain strains. Strain-specific responses were mainly observed in three of the four tested strains. These responses were the induction of genes related to osmotic stress or the release of CodY repression leading to the activation of oligopeptide transporters as well as the bcaT gene, related to amino acid degradation for the production of flavor. Comparing transcriptomes provides a core expression profile that contributes to understanding gene expression responses to environmental variations. The strain-specific responses identify predictive markers for the transcriptional state of starter strains before they enter the cheese ripening phase.
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- Amel Taïbi
- STELA Dairy Research Centre, Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, 2440 Hochelaga Blvd., Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6
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Filteau M, Lagacé L, LaPointe G, Roy D. Correlation of maple sap composition with bacterial and fungal communities determined by multiplex automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (MARISA). Food Microbiol 2011; 28:980-9. [PMID: 21569942 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2010] [Revised: 01/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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During collection, maple sap is contaminated by bacteria and fungi that subsequently colonize the tubing system. The bacterial microbiota has been more characterized than the fungal microbiota, but the impact of both components on maple sap quality remains unclear. This study focused on identifying bacterial and fungal members of maple sap and correlating microbiota composition with maple sap properties. A multiplex automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (MARISA) method was developed to presumptively identify bacterial and fungal members of maple sap samples collected from 19 production sites during the tapping period. Results indicate that the fungal community of maple sap is mainly composed of yeast related to Mrakia sp., Mrakiella sp., Guehomyces pullulans, Cryptococcus victoriae and Williopsis saturnus. Mrakia, Mrakiella and Guehomyces peaks were identified in samples of all production sites and can be considered dominant and stable members of the fungal microbiota of maple sap. A multivariate analysis based on MARISA profiles and maple sap chemical composition data showed correlations between Candida sake, Janthinobacterium lividum, Williopsis sp., Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Mrakia sp., Rhodococcus sp., Pseudomonas tolaasii, G. pullulans and maple sap composition at different flow periods. This study provides new insights on the relationship between microbial community and maple sap quality.
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- Marie Filteau
- Institut des Nutraceutiques et Aliments Fonctionnels, Département des Sciences des Aliments et de Nutrition, Université Laval, 2440 Boul. Hochelaga QC G1 V 0A6, Canada
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Ndoye B, Lessard MH, LaPointe G, Roy D. Exploring suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) for discriminating Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris SK11 and ATCC 19257 in mixed culture based on the expression of strain-specific genes. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 110:499-512. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04902.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Nicolas GG, LaPointe G, Lavoie MC. Comparative antimicrobial activity of two new mutacins. W INDIAN MED J 2010; 59:602-606. [PMID: 21702231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To compare the in vitro activity of mutacins D-123.1 and F-59.1 against different bacteria including antibiotic-resistant strains, in order to evaluate their application potential. DESIGN AND METHODS The antibacterial activity spectrum of purified F-59.1 and the MIC and MBC of F-59.1 and D-123.1 against target bacteria were determined. RESULTS Most bacteria were inhibited by the purified mutacins. Mutacin F-59.1 shows a relatively wide activity spectrum. Mutacin D-123.1 has low Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations [MICs] (0.25-4 microg/ml) against human pathogens while F-59.1 has higher MICs (3.2-12.8 microg/ml) mainly against food-borne pathogens. CONCLUSION The effectiveness of mutacins D-123.1 and F-59.1 against human and food-borne pathogens is demonstrated. Mutacin D-123.1 shows potential as a new antibiotic while F-59.1 shows promising application in food products.
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- G G Nicolas
- Département de Biochimie, Microbiologie et Bio-informatique, Faculté des Sciences et Génie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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Taïbi A, Dabour N, Lamoureux M, Roy D, LaPointe G. Evaluation of the genetic polymorphism among Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris strains using comparative genomic hybridization and multilocus sequence analysis. Int J Food Microbiol 2010; 144:20-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2009] [Revised: 02/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Filteau M, Lagacé L, LaPointe G, Roy D. Seasonal and regional diversity of maple sap microbiota revealed using community PCR fingerprinting and 16S rRNA gene clone libraries. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:165-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2009] [Revised: 01/23/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Dachet F, St-Gelais D, Roy D, LaPointe G. Transcriptome profiling of lactococcal mixed culture activity in milk by fluorescent RNA arbitrarily primed-PCR. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1051/dst/2010020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Audy J, Labrie S, Roy D, LaPointe G. Sugar source modulates exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum CRC 002. Microbiology (Reading) 2010; 156:653-664. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.033720-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The effect of four sugars (glucose, galactose, lactose and fructose) on exopolysaccharide (EPS) production by Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum CRC 002 was evaluated. More EPS was produced when CRC 002 was grown on lactose in the absence of pH control, with a production of 1080±120 mg EPS l−1 (P<0.01) after 24 h of incubation. For fructose, galactose and glucose, EPS production was similar, at 512±63, 564±165 and 616±93 mg EPS l−1, respectively. The proposed repeating unit composition of the EPS is 2 galactose to 3 glucose. The effect of sugar and fermentation time on expression of genes involved in sugar nucleotide production (galK, galE1, galE2, galT1, galT2, galU, rmlA, rmlB1 and rmlCD) and the priming glycosyltransferase (wblE) was quantified using real-time reverse transcription PCR. A significantly higher transcription level of wblE (9.29-fold) and the genes involved in the Leloir pathway (galK, 4.10-fold; galT1, 2.78-fold; and galE2, 4.95-fold) during exponential growth was associated with enhanced EPS production on lactose compared to glucose. However, galU expression, linking glucose metabolism with the Leloir pathway, was not correlated with EPS production on different sugars. Genes coding for dTDP-rhamnose biosynthesis were also differentially expressed depending on sugar source and growth phase, although rhamnose was not present in the composition of the EPS. This precursor may be used in cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis. These results contribute to understanding the changes in gene expression when different sugar substrates are catabolized by B. longum subsp. longum CRC 002.
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- Julie Audy
- Institute for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Université Laval, 2440 Boul. Hochelaga, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institute for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Université Laval, 2440 Boul. Hochelaga, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institute for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Université Laval, 2440 Boul. Hochelaga, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institute for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Université Laval, 2440 Boul. Hochelaga, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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LaPointe G, Atlan D, Gilbert C. Characterization and site-directed mutagenesis of Wzb, an O-phosphatase from Lactobacillus rhamnosus. BMC Biochem 2008; 9:10. [PMID: 18387182 PMCID: PMC2364625 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-9-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2008] [Accepted: 04/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background Reversible phosphorylation events within a polymerisation complex have been proposed to modulate capsular polysaccharide synthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Similar phosphatase and kinase genes are present in the exopolysaccharide (EPS) biosynthesis loci of numerous lactic acid bacteria genomes. Results The protein sequence deduced from the wzb gene in Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC 9595 reveals four motifs of the polymerase and histidinol phosphatase (PHP) superfamily of prokaryotic O-phosphatases. Native and modified His-tag fusion Wzb proteins were purified from Escherichia coli cultures. Extracts showed phosphatase activity towards tyrosine-containing peptides. The purified fusion protein Wzb was active on p-nitrophenyl-phosphate (pNPP), with an optimal activity in presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA 1%) at pH 7.3 and a temperature of 75°C. At 50°C, residual activity decreased to 10 %. Copper ions were essential for phosphatase activity, which was significantly increased by addition of cobalt. Mutated fusion Wzb proteins exhibited reduced phosphatase activity on p-nitrophenyl-phosphate. However, one variant (C6S) showed close to 20% increase in phosphatase activity. Conclusion These characteristics reveal significant differences with the manganese-dependent CpsB protein tyrosine phosphatase described for Streptococcus pneumoniae as well as with the polysaccharide-related phosphatases of Gram negative bacteria.
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- Gisèle LaPointe
- STELA Dairy Research Centre, INAF, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
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Delcenserie V, Lessard MH, LaPointe G, Roy D. Genome comparison of Bifidobacterium longum strains NCC2705 and CRC-002 using suppression subtractive hybridization. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 280:50-6. [PMID: 18179580 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01037.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Because probiotic effects are strain dependent, genomic explanations of these differences will contribute to understanding their mechanisms of action. The genomic sequence of the Bifidobacterium longum probiotic strain NCC2705 was determined, but little is known about the genetic diversity between strains of this species. Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) is a powerful method for generating a set of DNA fragments differing between two closely related bacterial strains. The purpose of this study was to identify genetic differences between genomes of B. longum strains NCC2705 and CRC-002 using PCR-based SSH. Strain CRC-002 produces exopolysaccharides whereas NCC2705 is not known for reliable exopolysaccharide production. Thirty-five and 30 different sequences were obtained from the SSH libraries of strains CRC-002 and NCC2705, respectively. Specific CRC-002 genes found were predicted to be involved in the biosynthesis of exopolysaccharides and metabolism of other carbohydrates, and these genes were not present in the genome of strain NCC2705. The identification of an endo-1,4-beta-xylanase gene in the CRC-002 SSH library is an important difference because xylanase genes have previously been proposed as a defining characteristic of the NCC2705 strain. The results demonstrate that the SSH technique was useful to highlight potential genes involved in complex sugar metabolism that differ between the two probiotic strains.
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- Véronique Delcenserie
- Institut des Nutraceutiques et des Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Quebéc, Canada
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Bouazzaoui K, LaPointe G. Use of antisense RNA to modulate glycosyltransferase gene expression and exopolysaccharide molecular mass in Lactobacillus rhamnosus. J Microbiol Methods 2006; 65:216-25. [PMID: 16112763 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2005] [Revised: 07/11/2005] [Accepted: 07/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Discovery of gene function requires inactivation in order to demonstrate the effect of the absence of gene expression on cell phenotype. As gene inactivation can be lethal, such mutations are often unattainable. Antisense RNA provides a method of reducing transcript and protein levels without totally inactivating the targeted gene, thus providing information on the gene's possible function. This study demonstrates the use of antisense RNA to modulate polysaccharide size in Lactobacillus rhamnosus, a bacterial species with technological and health applications in fermented milk products. Production of antisense RNA coding for a glycosyltransferase leads to reduced sense RNA transcript. While the total amount of polysaccharide produced was not significantly affected, size exclusion chromatography showed that polysaccharides of different molecular mass were produced in the presence of antisense RNA. Conditional control over gene expression could thus be useful for metabolic engineering strategies, where gene inactivation is not practicable.
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- K Bouazzaoui
- STELA Dairy Research Centre, Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Institute (INAF), 2440 Hochelaga Blvd., Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4
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BACKGROUND Streptococcus mutans produces bacteriocins named mutacins. Studies of mutacins have always been hampered by the difficulties in obtaining active liquid preparations of these substances. Some of them were found to be lantibiotics, defined as bacterial ribosomally synthesised lanthionine-containing peptides with antimicrobial activity. The goal of this study was to produce and characterize a new mutacin from S. mutans strain 29B, as it shows a promising activity spectrum against current human pathogens. RESULTS Mutacin H-29B, produced by S. mutans strain 29B, was purified by successive hydrophobic chromatography from a liquid preparation consisting of cheese whey permeate (6% w/v) supplemented with yeast extract (2%) and CaCO3 (1%). Edman degradation revealed 24 amino acids identical to those of mutacin II (also known as J-T8). The molecular mass of the purified peptide was evaluated at 3246.08 +/- 0.1 Da by MALDI-TOF MS. CONCLUSION A simple procedure for production and purification of mutacins along with its characterization is presented. Our results show that the amino acid sequence of mutacin H-29B is identical to the already known mutacin II (J-T8) over the first 24 residues. S. mutans strains of widely different origins may thus produce very similar bacteriocins.
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- Guillaume Nicolas
- Département de Biochimie et Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences et Génie, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, G1K 7P4, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie et Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences et Génie, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, G1K 7P4, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Sciences et Technologie du Lait (STELA), Institut des Nutraceutiques et des Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Faculté des Sciences de 1' Agriculture et de 1' Alimentation, Université Laval, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown, BB 11000, Barbados
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Dabour N, Kheadr E, Benhamou N, Fliss I, LaPointe G. Improvement of Texture and Structure of Reduced-Fat Cheddar Cheese by Exopolysaccharide-Producing Lactococci. J Dairy Sci 2006; 89:95-110. [PMID: 16357272 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(06)72073-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of capsular and ropy exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing strains of Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris on textural and microstructural attributes during ripening of 50%-reduced-fat Cheddar cheese. Cheeses were manufactured with added capsule- or ropy-forming strains individually or in combination. For comparison, reduced-fat cheese with or without lecithin added at 0.2% (wt/vol) to cheese milk and full-fat cheeses were made using EPS-nonproducing starter, and all cheeses were ripened at 7 degrees C for 6 mo. Exopolysaccharide-producing strains increased cheese moisture retention by 3.6 to 4.8% and cheese yield by 0.28 to 1.19 kg/100 kg compared with control cheese, whereas lecithin-containing cheese retained 1.4% higher moisture and had 0.37 kg/100 kg higher yield over the control cheese. Texture profile analyses for 0-d-old cheeses revealed that cheeses with EPS-producing strains had less firm, springy, and cohesive texture but were more brittle than control cheeses. However, these effects became less pronounced after 6 mo of ripening. Using transmission electron microscopy, fresh and aged cheeses with added EPS-producing strains showed a less compact protein matrix through which larger whey pockets were dispersed compared with control cheese. The numerical analysis of transmission electron microscopy images showed that the area in the cheese matrix occupied by protein was smaller in cheeses with added EPS-producing strains than in control cheese. On the other hand, lecithin had little impact on both cheese texture and microstructure; after 6 mo, cheese containing lecithin showed a texture profile very close to that of control reduced-fat cheese. The protein-occupied area in the cheese matrix did not appear to be significantly affected by lecithin addition. Exopolysaccharide-producing strains could contribute to the modification of cheese texture and microstructure and thus modify the functional properties of reduced-fat Cheddar cheese.
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- N Dabour
- STELA Dairy Research Centre, Pavillon Paul Comtois, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1K 7P4, Canada
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Dabour N, LaPointe G. Identification and molecular characterization of the chromosomal exopolysaccharide biosynthesis gene cluster from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SMQ-461. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:7414-25. [PMID: 16269783 PMCID: PMC1287649 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.11.7414-7425.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The exopolysaccharide (EPS) capsule-forming strain SMQ-461 of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris, isolated from raw milk, produces EPS with an apparent molecular mass of >1.6 x 10(6) Da. The EPS biosynthetic genes are located on the chromosome in a 13.2-kb region consisting of 15 open reading frames. This region is flanked by three IS1077-related tnp genes (L. lactis) at the 5' end and orfY, along with an IS981-related tnp gene, at the 3' end. The eps genes are organized in specific regions involved in regulation, chain length determination, biosynthesis of the repeat unit, polymerization, and export. Three (epsGIK) of the six predicted glycosyltransferase gene products showed low amino acid similarity with known glycosyltransferases. The structure of the repeat unit could thus be different from those known to date for Lactococcus. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis revealed that the eps locus is transcribed as a single mRNA. The function of the eps gene cluster was confirmed by disrupting the priming glycosyltransferase gene (epsD) in Lactococcus cremoris SMQ-461, generating non-EPS-producing reversible mutants. This is the first report of a chromosomal location for EPS genetic elements in Lactococcus cremoris, with novel glycosyltransferases not encountered before in lactic acid bacteria.
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- STELA Dairy Research Centre, Room 1316, Pavillon Paul-Comtois, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4
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Péant B, LaPointe G, Gilbert C, Atlan D, Ward P, Roy D. Comparative analysis of the exopolysaccharide biosynthesis gene clusters from four strains of Lactobacillus rhamnosus. Microbiology (Reading) 2005; 151:1839-1851. [PMID: 15941992 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27852-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The exopolysaccharide (EPS) biosynthesis gene clusters of four Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains consist of chromosomal DNA regions of 18.5 kb encoding 17 ORFs that are highly similar among the strains. However, under identical conditions, EPS production varies considerably among these strains, from 61 to 1611 mg l(-1). Fifteen genes are co-transcribed starting from the first promoter upstream of wzd. Nevertheless, five transcription start sites were identified by 5'-RACE PCR analysis, and these were associated with promoter sequences upstream of wzd, rmlA, welE, wzr and wzb. Six potential glycosyltransferase genes were identified that account for the assembly of the heptasaccharide repeat unit containing an unusually high proportion of rhamnose. Four genes involved in the biosynthesis of the sugar nucleotide precursor dTDP-L-rhamnose were identified in the EPS biosynthesis locus, which is unusual for lactic acid bacteria. These four genes are expressed from their own promoter (P2), as well as co-transcribed with the upstream EPS genes, resulting in coordinated production of the rhamnose precursor with the enzymes involved in EPS biosynthesis. This is believed to be the first report demonstrating that the sequence, original organization and transcription of genes encoding EPS production are highly similar among four strains of Lb. rhamnosus, and do not vary with the amount of EPS produced.
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- B Péant
- Hopital Notre-Dame, 560 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, QC, Canada H2L 4M1
- STELA Dairy Research Centre, Room 1316, Pavillon Paul-Comtois, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4
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- Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Institute (INAF), Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4
- STELA Dairy Research Centre, Room 1316, Pavillon Paul-Comtois, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaire, UMR CNRS/UCBL/INSA 5122, Université Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Génétique Moléculaire, UMR CNRS/UCBL/INSA 5122, Université Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Food Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, St Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada J2S 8E3
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- Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Institute (INAF), Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4
- STELA Dairy Research Centre, Room 1316, Pavillon Paul-Comtois, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4
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