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- Title
Fluorescent reporter systems for tracking probiotic lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria.
- Authors
Landete, José; Medina, Margarita; Arqués, Juan
- Abstract
In the last two decades, there has been increasing evidence supporting the role of the intestinal microbiota in health and disease, as well as the use of probiotics to modulate its activity and composition. Probiotic bacteria selected for commercial use in foods, mostly lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria, must survive in sufficient numbers during the manufacturing process, storage, and passage through the gastro-intestinal tract. They have several modes of action and it is crucial to unravel the mechanisms underlying their postulated beneficial effects. To track their survival and persistence, and to analyse their interaction with the gastro-intestinal epithelia it is essential to discriminate probiotic strains from endogenous microbiota. Fluorescent reporter proteins are relevant tools that can be exploited as a non-invasive marker system for in vivo real-time imaging in complex ecosystems as well as in vitro fluorescence labelling. Oxygen is required for many of these reporter proteins to fluoresce, which is a major drawback in anoxic environments. However, some new fluorescent proteins are able to overcome the potential problems caused by oxygen limitations. The current available approaches and the benefits/disadvantages of using reporter vectors containing fluorescent proteins for labelling of bacterial probiotic species commonly used in food are addressed.
- Subjects
LACTIC acid bacteria; ACID-forming bacteria; BACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ACTINOMYCETACEAE
- Publication
World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2016, Vol 32, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
0959-3993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11274-016-2077-5