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  • Title: Selection of enterococci for potential canine probiotic additives.
    Author: Strompfová V, Lauková A, Ouwehand AC.
    Journal: Vet Microbiol; 2004 May 20; 100(1-2):107-14. PubMed ID: 15135518.
    Abstract:
    Enterococci are important inhabitants of animal intestine and are widely used in probiotic products. A potentially successful probiotic strain is expected to have several desirable properties in order to be able to exert its beneficial effects. Forty enterococcal isolates from dog faeces were tested for characters believed to be important for probiotic strains; bacteriocin production, resistance or tolerance to antibiotics, low pH, bile tolerance and adhesive activity. The total count of enterococci was found to be 3.3-7.3log(10)CFU/g of faeces. Most identified strains were Enterococcus faecium. All strains were sensitive to vancomycin, ampicillin, penicillin and chloramphenicol. Thirty-three percentage of strains were resistant to erythromycin and 28% to tetracycline. Among 40 isolates, 75% showed a broad inhibitory spectrum only against Gram-positive indicator bacteria. Seven strains with broad bacteriocin activity were selected for further assays. In the presence of 1% bile, the survival rate of selected strains ranged between 72 and 98%. Survival of strains at pH 3.0 was found in the range between 76 and 87% after 3h. The adhesion of the tested strains to intestinal mucus ranged from 4 to 11% for canine mucus and from 5 to 8% for human mucus. E. faecalis EE4 and E. faecium EF01 showed the best probiotic properties. It indicates that they could be used as new candidate probiotic strains after in vivo testing.
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