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Live/Dead State Is Not the Factor Influencing Adhesion Ability of Bifidobacterium animalis KLDS2.0603
Li-Qun Wang 1,2, Feng Zhao 1, Fei Liu 1, Xiang-Chen Meng 1,2
Journal of Microbiology 2013;51(5):584-589.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-013-2632-9
Published online: September 14, 2013
1Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Ministry of Education), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P. R. China, 2Food Science and Technology College, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P. R. China1Key Laboratory of Dairy Science (Ministry of Education), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P. R. China, 2Food Science and Technology College, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, P. R. China
Corresponding author:  Xiang-Chen Meng , Tel: +86-451-5519-1813, 
Received: 16 November 2012   • Accepted: 22 April 2013
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Abstract

Two essential requirements for probiotic bifidobacteria are that they be “live” and have “colonization” ability, following FAO/WHO guideline recommendations. The amount of research on the adhesion ability of bifidobacteria compares poorly with that of other probiotic bacteria, such as lactobacilli. The aim of the present study was to determine how gastrointestinal conditions affect the adhesion ability of bifidobacteria, and to investigate the relationship between the adhesion ability and the live/dead state of bifidobacteria. The adhesion ability of Bifidobacterium animalis KLDS2.0603 that had been subjected to the digestive enzymes, pepsin, trypsin, and proteinase K, was decreased significantly, but these treatments did not significantly change the strain’s survival rates, which were 98.78%, 97.60%, and 97.63% respectively. B. animalis KLDS2.0603 subjected to LiCl retained its adhesion ability but had a lower survival rate (59.28%) than the control group (P<0.01). B. animalis KLDS 2.0603 subjected to sodium metaperiodate exhibited higher adhesion ability than the control group (P<0.01), but the bacterial cells were killed totally. The results of transmission electron microscopy and laser scanning confocal microscopy showed that live/dead state of bifidobacteria was not one of the main factors that affected the adhesion ability of bifidobacteira, and that the substances affecting the adhesion ability of bifidobacteria were on the outer surface layer of the bifidobacterial cells. Our results also indicated that the substances related to the adhesion ability of bifidobacteria are proteinaceous. The above results will help us to understand the adhesion and colonization processes of bifidobacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract.

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    Live/Dead State Is Not the Factor Influencing Adhesion Ability of Bifidobacterium animalis KLDS2.0603
    J. Microbiol. 2013;51(5):584-589.   Published online September 14, 2013
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-013-2632-9
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