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Published on: July 25, 2017
Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of human gut lactic acid bacteria
Sherin Joy Parappilly1, E K Radhakrishnan2, Sumi Mary George3
1Post Graduate and Research Department of Microbiology, Sree Sankara College, Kalady, 683574, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
The present study focused on the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of novel lactic acid bacterial (LAB) strains isolated from the healthy human volunteers of different age groups and their consortium (LABCON), against the enteropathogenic bacteria. From the study, methanolic extract of LAB isolates and their consortia were found to have promising antibacterial activity and antibiofilm activity against Escherichia coli (ATCC 35218) and Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923). The antimicrobial compounds including the DL-3 phenyllactic acid, DL-p-hydroxyphenyllactic acid, and Succinic acid produced by the LAB could be considered to inhibit the growth and biofilm formation by E. coli (ATCC 35218) and S. aureus (ATCC 25923). Detailed insight into the antibiofilm activity could also be demonstrated by Confocal Raman microscopy attached with AFM and Fluorescent microscope. From the results of the study, the consortium LABCON was superior in antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity and can be considered to have promising application in infection control.
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