Aggregation of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria with Escherichia coli O157

Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2004;49(2):143-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02931389.

Abstract

A total of 5 Bifidobacterium spp. isolated from pig and children' feces and 6 Lactobacillus spp. from chicken feces were examined for expression of aggregation, cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) and adherence to intestinal mucin. Co-aggregation activity was seen in 3 strains of auto-aggregative bifidobacteria and 4 auto-aggregative strains of Lactobacillus spp. with 2 enterohemorrhagic E. coli (O157). CSH correlated with Lactobacillus auto-aggregating activity and adherence to mucin but the correlation between Bifidobacterium adherence to mucin and CSH was not confirmed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Adhesion*
  • Bifidobacterium / isolation & purification
  • Bifidobacterium / physiology*
  • Chickens / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli O157 / physiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Lactobacillus / isolation & purification
  • Lactobacillus / physiology*
  • Mucins / metabolism*
  • Swine / microbiology

Substances

  • Mucins