title: Identification of probiotic lactobacilli used for animal feeds on the basis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence.
abstract: The use of probiotics such as Lactobacillus in animal feeds has gained popularity in recent years. In this study the 16S rRNA gene sequence of L. acidophilus in two commercial agents which have been used in animal feeds, LAB-MOS and Ghenisson 22, was determined. Phylogenetic tree analysis revealed that the two agents, strain MNFLM01 in LAB-MOS and strain GAL-2 in Ghenisson 22, belonged to L. rhamnosus (a member of the L. casei group) and L. johnsonii (a member of the L. acidophilus group), respectively. Biochemical tests assigned the two as L. rhamnosus and ambiguously as L. acidophilus. The data suggest that 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis provides more accurate identification of Lactobacillus species than biochemical tests and would allow quality assurance of relevant commercial products. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains MNFLM01 and GAL-2 determined in this study have been submitted to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank accession numbers under accession numbers AB288235 and AB295648, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Mineo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Soshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dohmae
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Shizuka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yabe
authors.forename: Shi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Da
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baranovich
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D019936:Probiotics; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S