Some factors affecting the autoaggregation ability of vaginal lactobacilli isolated from Turkish women | Zendy

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Some factors affecting the autoaggregation ability of vaginal lactobacilli isolated from Turkish women

Author(s) -

Havva Ekmekçi,

Belma Aslım,

Önal Darilmaz

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

archives of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1821-4339

pISSN - 0354-4664

DOI - 10.2298/abs0903407e

Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , probiotic , lactobacillus salivarius , biology , lactobacillus , food science , bacteria , fermentation , genetics

In this work, autoaggregation and factors involved in the autoaggregation ability of vaginal lactobacilli were studied. The autoaggregation ability of 28 lactobacilli strains was positive. The effects of various factors on autoaggregation were also evaluated. Lactobacillus jensenii A1, L. salivarius I1, and L. cellobiosus I3 showed higher autoaggregation in acidic conditions and lower autoaggregation in hot (70 and 85oC) conditions. The L. salivarius I1 strain, which exhibited high autoaggregation activity, also showed good autoaggregation in pepsin, lipase, and sodium periodate, as well as under conditions of sonication and heat. The results of this study suggest that lactobacilli showing high autoaggregation may constitute an important host defense mechanism against infections as a probiotic

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