Salmonella spp. are health-threatening foodborne pathogens. The increasingly common spread of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella spp. is a major public healthcare issue worldwide. In this study, we wished to explore (1) antibiotic or polypeptide combinations to inhibit multidrug-resistant Salmonella bredeney and (2) the regulation of cross-resistance and collateral sensitivity of antibiotics and polypeptides. We undertook a study to select antibiotic combinations. Then, we promoted drug-resistant strains of S. bredeney after 15 types of antibiotic treatment. From each evolving population, the S. bredeney strain was exposed to a particular single drug. Then, we analyzed how the evolved S. bredeney strains acquired resistance or susceptibility to other drugs. A total of 105 combinations were tested against S. bredeney following the protocols of CLSI-2016 and EUCAST-2017. The synergistic interactions between drug pairings were diverse. Notably, polypeptides were more likely to be linked to synergistic combinations: 56% (19/34) of the synergistic pairings were relevant to polypeptides. Simultaneously, macrolides demonstrated antagonism toward polypeptides. The latter were more frequently related to collateral sensitivity than the other drugs because the other 13 drugs sensitized S. bredeney to polypeptides. In an experimental evolution involving 15 drugs, single drug-evolved strains were examined against the other 14 drugs, and the results were compared with the minimal inhibitory concentration of the ancestral strain. Single drug-evolved S. bredeney strains could alter the sensitivity to other drugs, and S. bredeney evolution against antibiotics could sensitize it to polypeptides.
A bacterial strain which was able to utilize nicotine as its sole carbon source was isolated from soil in which tobacco had grown at Sanming region in FUjian Province and named as DN2. Upon chemotaxonomic characterization and phylogenetic inference based 16S rDNA analysis, the strain DN2 was identified as a-proteobacteria, Ochrobactrum intermedium. For DN2 degrading nicotine, the optimal pH and temperature is 6.5, 30 degrees C respectively. It can tolerate high-concentration of nicotine up to 4000 mg/L in basal media. Using 500 mg/L nicotine as its sole carbon, the strain was able to degrade 15 mg/L of nicotine per liter per hour and reached its stationary phase in about 36 hours.
Increasing cases of infections by S. aureus in food resulted in a great demand to utilize natural, safe, and effective antimicrobial agents which could inactivate foodborne pathogens in the food industry. A novel class IId bacteriocin, plantaricin 827, produced by Lactobacillus plantarum 163 was isolated and identified. Its molecular mass and amino acid sequence were determined to be 827 Da and N-His-Ser-Ser-Tyr-Gly-Tyr-Asp-OH, respectively. Plantaricin 827 not only possesses thermostable and pH adaptability but also shows a broader antibacterial spectrum. Its antibacterial mechanism against S. aureus increased the cell membrane permeability and integrity, resulting in the leakage of K+ and changes in cell morphology. Meanwhile, it inhibited the biofilm formation and interacted with genomic DNA minor groove in AT-rich regions. In addition, plantaricin 827 could significantly inactivate S. aureus in skim milk and extend the shelf life of milk. These results demonstrated that plantaricin 827 could effectively inhibit S. aureus and show the potential to replace chemical preservatives to control foodborne pathogens in dairy products.
Inhibition of Salmonella by Lactobacillus has been a popular research topic for decades; however, the inhibition potential of chicken-derived Salmonella by chicken-derived Lactobacillus has not yet been studied. In this study, 89 strains of Lactobacillus from chicken intestines were isolated by national standard method, Gram staining, physiological, and biochemical experiments and molecular sequencing; The inhibition characteristics of 89 strains of chicken derived Lactobacillus against 10 strains Salmonella (S. Enteritidis SE05, SC31, SC21, SC72 SC74, SC79, SC83, SC87; S. bongori SE47; S. Typhimurium, SC85) were detected by agar inhibition zone, The results showed that the inhibition zone of 24 strains of chicken derived Lactobacillus was more than 10 mm, which indicated that the isolated chicken derived Lactobacillus could effectively inhibit the growth of Salmonella; The drug resistance and bile salt tolerance of these 24 strains were analyzed, The results showed that the standard strains LG and L76 were not resistant, and the other 22 Lactobacillus strains showed different degrees of resistance. The strains LAB24, LAB26, LAB53, LAB69, and L76 showed good tolerance at the concentration of 3 g/L bile salt; Caco-2 cell experiment and flow cytometry were used to analyze the inhibitory effect of chicken derived Lactobacillus on the adhesion of Salmonella to Caco-2 cells, The results showed that 16 probiotics could effectively inhibit the adhesion of Salmonella to Caco-2 cells. Twelve probiotics were identified by molecular biology. The results showed that L76 was Enterococcus faecalis, and the other 11 strains were Lactobacillus.
Peroxidation radical formation and the regiospecificity of recombinated lipoxygenase from Anabaena sp. PCC7120 (ana-rLOX) were characterized by using ESR and HPLC-MS. It was found that ana-rLOX oxygenated at the C-13 position of the substrate linoleic acid (LA); at C-13 and C-16 of α-linolenic acid (ALA); at C-9, C-12, and C-15 of arachidonic acid (AA); at C-12, C-15, and C-18 of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA); and at C-14 and C-16 of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), respectively. A total of 7, 14, 30, 28, and 18 radical adducts for LA, ALA, AA, EPA, and DHA were respectively identified by HPLC-MS. The functional characteristics of wheat protein, such as foaming capacity (FC), foam stability (FS), emulsifying activity index (EAI), emulsifying stability index (ESI), increased with enzymatic reactions. However, the average particle size of wheat proteins decreased with addition of ana-rLOX/LA. The ana-rLOX was also positivele effective in improving dough properties. These results provided clear evidence that ana-rLOX from Anabaena sp. could effectively improve the quality of wheat flour, which suggested that the enzyme could be applied as flour improver.
Biofilms of the foodborne pathogen Staphylococcus aureus show improved resistance to antibiotics and are difficult to eliminate. To enhance antibacteria and biofilm dispersion via extracellular matrix diffusion, a new lipid nanoparticle was prepared, which employed a mixture of phospholipids and a 0.8% surfactin shell. In the lipid nanoparticle, 31.56 μg mL
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