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Interaction between Bacteroidetes species in the fermentation of Lycium barbarum arabinogalactan
Cui Cao1, Lilong Wang2, Xueqian Zhang1
1Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, National Engineering Research Center of Seafood, School of Food Science and Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, PR China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Marine Bioactive Polysaccharide Development and Application, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, PR China; Shaanxi Natural Carbohydrate Resource Engineering Research Center, College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, PR China.
Abstract:
The present study investigated the utilization of an arabinogalactan from Lycium barbarum (LBP-3) by intestinal Bacteroidetes species. The mixed-culture assay showed 58.4 % LBP-3 was utilized, and Bacteroides caccae and Phocaeicola vulgatus utilized more LBP-3 in single-culture compared to others. During in vitro fermentation of LBP-3, P. vulgatus favored arabinose while B. caccae preferred galactose. Moreover, 9 and 25 oligosaccharides were identified by HPLC-MSn in conditioned media (CM) derived from B. caccae and P. vulgatus, respectively. All of 3 tested Parabacteroides species (P. distasonis, P. goldsteinii, and P. johnsonii) markedly proliferated in CM of B. caccae and P. vulgatus, and proliferations of B. uniformis, B. finegoldii, B. ovatus and B. thetaiotaomicron also increased significantly in CM of B. caccae. The study suggests that the ability of Bacteroidetes species to degrade LBP-3 and sheds light on cooperative interactions of Bacteroides, Phocaeicola, and Parabacteroides species in the presence of LBP-3.
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