Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Balanagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500037, India.
BMC Microbiol. 2022 Sep 17;22(1):217. doi: 10.1186/s12866-022-02631-w.
Probiotics contain beneficial live bacteria that confer several health benefits to the host. For the past 50 years, spore-forming Bacillus species have been used in the form of probiotics. Among these, Bacillus clausii strains are used for the management of acute and antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. In the present work, we have evaluated the asserted label information on randomly chosen commercial Bacillus clausii spore suspension of probiotic products. The quality and number of viable bacteria were evaluated based on the colony count, antibiotic resistance, and hemolytic activity assays. The colony fingerprinting and 16S rRNA gene-sequencing techniques were used to confirm the presence of a univariate strain (Bacillus clausii). Our results corroborated the label count of 2 × 10 CFU/5 mL in BACIPRO®, ENTEROGERMINA®, and TUFPRO® products. However, vegetative spore count was not found to match with the given label count in BENEGUT®, PROALANA-B®, β-LOCK®, and PROCILLUS® Bacillus clausii brands. In the hemolytic activity assay, except for β-LOCK®, the other 6 products showed gamma-hemolysis activity. Bacillus clausii isolated from all 7 probiotic products demonstrated resistance to several broad-spectrum antibiotics. The 16S rRNA gene-sequencing data detected genera of Bacillus and Bacillus clausii strain in the BACIPRO®, ENTEROGERMINA®, PROALANA-B®, BENEGUT®, and TUFPRO® products; however, Ralstonia mannitolilytica and Paenibacillus dendritiformis species were identified in β-LOCK® and PROCILLUS®, respectively. As correct label information was observed only in BACIPRO®, ENTEROGERMINA®, and TUFPRO® products, it is proposed that a more stringent quality check would minimize the possibility of mismatch concerning the label information.
益生菌含有有益的活菌,对宿主有多种健康益处。在过去的 50 年中,芽孢形成的芽孢杆菌已被用作益生菌。在这些中,芽孢杆菌属的菌株被用于管理急性和抗生素相关性腹泻。在本工作中,我们评估了随机选择的商业芽孢杆菌属芽孢悬浮液益生菌产品的声称标签信息。根据菌落计数、抗生素抗性和溶血活性测定,评估了活菌的质量和数量。使用菌落指纹图谱和 16S rRNA 基因测序技术来确认单变量菌株(芽孢杆菌属)的存在。我们的结果证实了 BACIPRO®、ENTEROGERMINA®和 TUFPRO®产品中 2×10 CFU/5 mL 的标签计数。然而,在 BENEGUT®、PROALANA-B®、β-LOCK®和 PROCILLUS®芽孢杆菌属品牌中,未发现营养体孢子计数与给定的标签计数相匹配。在溶血活性测定中,除了β-LOCK®,其他 6 种产品均显示γ溶血活性。从所有 7 种益生菌产品中分离出的芽孢杆菌属对几种广谱抗生素表现出抗性。16S rRNA 基因测序数据在 BACIPRO®、ENTEROGERMINA®、PROALANA-B®、BENEGUT®和 TUFPRO®产品中检测到芽孢杆菌属和芽孢杆菌属菌株;然而,在β-LOCK®和 PROCILLUS®中分别鉴定出曼尼醇罗尔斯顿氏菌和枝动杆菌属。由于仅在 BACIPRO®、ENTEROGERMINA®和 TUFPRO®产品中观察到正确的标签信息,因此建议更严格的质量检查将最大限度地减少标签信息不匹配的可能性。