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Prevalence of coaggregation reactions among chicken lactobacilli
Author(s) -
Vandevoorde L.,
Christiaens H.,
Verstraete W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1992.tb01826.x
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , food science
L. VANDEVOORDE, H. CHRISTIAENS AND W. VERSTRAETE. 1992. Interbacterial adherence was frequently encountered among chicken lactobacilli. Fourteen of 45 combinations involving nine adhering strains were shown to be coaggregative. The coadherence mechanism was mediated by complementary heat‐ and sonication‐sensitive cell surface structures. It was shown that intrageneric adherence enabled lactobacilli to maintain higher numbers in fed‐batch reactors simulating the gastrointestinal tract. The mechanism of coaggregation can substantially increase the colonization potential of lactobacilli in environments with short residence times.