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Cell-bound exopolysaccharides of Lactobacillus brevis KB290: protective role and monosaccharide composition.
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We examined the survivability of Lactobacillus brevis KB290 and derivative strain KB392 in artificial digestive juices and bile salts. The strains have similar membrane fatty acids but different amounts of cell-bound exopolysaccharides (EPS). In artificial digestive juices, KB290 showed significantly higher survivability than KB392, and homogenization, which reduced the amount of EPS in KB290 but not in KB392, reduced the survivability only of KB290. In bile salts, KB290 showed significantly higher survivability than KB392, and cell-bound EPS extraction with EDTA reduced the survivability of only KB290. Transmission electron microscopy showed there to be a greater concentration of cell-bound EPS in KB290 than in either KB392 or EDTA-treated or homogenized KB290. We conclude that KB290’s cell-bound EPS (which high performance liquid chromatography showed to be made up of glucose and N-acetylglucosamine) played an important role in bile salt tolerance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Nous avons fait l’examen de la capacité de survie de Lactobacillus brevis KB290 et de la souche dérivée KB392 dans des sucs digestifs artificiels et des sels biliaires. Les souches ont sensiblement les mêmes acides gras membranaires mais exhibent des quantités différentes d’exopolysaccharides (EPS) associés aux cellules. Dans les sucs digestifs artificiels, la souche KB290 avait une capacité de survie significativement supérieure a` la souche KB392 ; une constatation complémentée par l’observation que l’homogénéisation, qui diminue la quantité d’EPS a` la surface de KB290 mais non de KB392, entravait uniquement la capacité de survie de KB290. Dans les sels biliaires, KB290 a présenté une capacité de survie significativement supérieure a` KB392, et l’extraction des EPS par traitement a` l’EDTA a uniquement diminué la capacité de survie de KB290. La microscopie électronique par transmission a révélé qu’il existait une plus grande concentration d’EPS associés a` la cellule chez KB290 comparativement a` KB392 ou a` KB290 assujetti a` un traitement a` l’EDTA ou d’homogénéisation. Nous concluons que les EPS associés aux cellules de la souche KB290 (composés de glucose et de N-acétylglucosamine selon la chromatographie liquide a` haute performance) jouent un rôle important dans la tolérance aux sels biliaires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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