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Characteristics of Gorilla-Specific Lactobacillus Isolated from Captive and Wild Gorillas

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) reside in a wide range of mammals, such as autochthonous intestinal bacteria. In this paper, we present the phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics of gorilla-specific LAB. Lactobacillus gorillae—previously isolated from the wild and captive western lowland gorillas (G...

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Autores principales: Tsuchida, Sayaka, Kakooza, Steven, Mbehang Nguema, Pierre Philippe, Wampande, Eddie M., Ushida, Kazunari
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30110987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6030086
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author Tsuchida, Sayaka
Kakooza, Steven
Mbehang Nguema, Pierre Philippe
Wampande, Eddie M.
Ushida, Kazunari
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description Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) reside in a wide range of mammals, such as autochthonous intestinal bacteria. In this paper, we present the phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics of gorilla-specific LAB. Lactobacillus gorillae—previously isolated from the wild and captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)—were successfully isolated from wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in addition to other captive and wild western lowland gorillas. The strains from wild gorillas could ferment D-xylose, arbutine, cellobiose, and trehalose better than those from captive gorillas. By contrast, tolerance to NaCl was higher in isolates from captive gorillas than in those from wild gorillas. This tendency may have been induced by regular foods in zoos, which contain sufficient amount of salts but less amount of indigestible fiber and plant secondary metabolites compared to foods in the wild. All strains of L. gorillae showed inhibitory activities to enteric pathogenic bacteria; however, the activity was significantly higher for strains from wild gorillas than for those from captive gorillas. This may have been induced by the captive condition with routine veterinary intervention. Since L. gorillae can grow in the gastrointestinal tract of gorillas in captivity, the strains from wild mountain gorillas are potential probiotics for gorillas under captive conditions.
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spelling pubmed-61652732018-10-10 Characteristics of Gorilla-Specific Lactobacillus Isolated from Captive and Wild Gorillas Tsuchida, Sayaka Kakooza, Steven Mbehang Nguema, Pierre Philippe Wampande, Eddie M. Ushida, Kazunari Microorganisms Article Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) reside in a wide range of mammals, such as autochthonous intestinal bacteria. In this paper, we present the phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics of gorilla-specific LAB. Lactobacillus gorillae—previously isolated from the wild and captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)—were successfully isolated from wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in addition to other captive and wild western lowland gorillas. The strains from wild gorillas could ferment D-xylose, arbutine, cellobiose, and trehalose better than those from captive gorillas. By contrast, tolerance to NaCl was higher in isolates from captive gorillas than in those from wild gorillas. This tendency may have been induced by regular foods in zoos, which contain sufficient amount of salts but less amount of indigestible fiber and plant secondary metabolites compared to foods in the wild. All strains of L. gorillae showed inhibitory activities to enteric pathogenic bacteria; however, the activity was significantly higher for strains from wild gorillas than for those from captive gorillas. This may have been induced by the captive condition with routine veterinary intervention. Since L. gorillae can grow in the gastrointestinal tract of gorillas in captivity, the strains from wild mountain gorillas are potential probiotics for gorillas under captive conditions. MDPI 2018-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6165273/ /pubmed/30110987 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6030086 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Characteristics of Gorilla-Specific Lactobacillus Isolated from Captive and Wild Gorillas
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title_fullStr Characteristics of Gorilla-Specific Lactobacillus Isolated from Captive and Wild Gorillas
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics of Gorilla-Specific Lactobacillus Isolated from Captive and Wild Gorillas
title_short Characteristics of Gorilla-Specific Lactobacillus Isolated from Captive and Wild Gorillas
title_sort characteristics of gorilla-specific lactobacillus isolated from captive and wild gorillas
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30110987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6030086
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