title: Acid and bile tolerance of spore-forming lactic acid bacteria.
abstract: Criteria for screening probiotics such as bile tolerance and resistance to acids were studied with 13 spore-forming lactic acid producing bacteria. Different strains of Sporolactobacillus, Bacillus laevolacticus, Bacillus racemilacticus and Bacillus coagulans grown in MRS broth were subjected to low pH conditions (2, 2.5 and 3) and increasing bile concentrations. Among these microorganisms, Bacillus laevolacticus DSM 6475 and all Sporolactobacillus strains tested except Sporolactobacillus racemicus IAM 12395, were resistant to pH 3. Only Bacillus racemilacticus and Bacillus coagulans strains were tolerant to bile concentrations over 0.3% (w/v).
authors.affiliation: Unité de Sécurité Microbiologique des Aliments, ISTAB, Université Bordeaux 1, Talence, France. usma@istab.u-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hyronimus
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Marrec
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sassi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deschamps
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D019344:Lactic Acid; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000254:growth & development*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D019936:Probiotics; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D019344:Lactic Acid