Evaluation of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Piglets Tract and Encapsulation of Selected Probiotic Cells

Mihaela Dumitru (), Nicoleta Aurelia Lefter, Mihaela Habeanu, Georgeta Ciurescu, Dan C. Vodnar, Simon Elemer, Ionut Sorescu, Sergiu Emil Georgescu and Andreea Dudu
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Mihaela Dumitru: Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Biotechnology, National Research Development Institute for Biology and Animal Nutrition, 077015 Balotesti, Romania
Nicoleta Aurelia Lefter: Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Biotechnology, National Research Development Institute for Biology and Animal Nutrition, 077015 Balotesti, Romania
Mihaela Habeanu: Research Station for Sericulture, 013685 Bucharest, Romania
Georgeta Ciurescu: Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Biotechnology, National Research Development Institute for Biology and Animal Nutrition, 077015 Balotesti, Romania
Dan C. Vodnar: Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Manastur, No. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Simon Elemer: Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Manastur, No. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ionut Sorescu: Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Biotechnology, National Research Development Institute for Biology and Animal Nutrition, 077015 Balotesti, Romania
Sergiu Emil Georgescu: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei, No. 91-95, 050095 Bucharest, Romania
Andreea Dudu: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei, No. 91-95, 050095 Bucharest, Romania

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-23

Abstract: Fourteen lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains were isolated from the intestinal tract and feces of piglets. Among these isolates, only twelve were biochemically (API 50 CHL and ABIS online for bacterial identification) and genetically (16S rRNA sequencing) confirmed as Limosilactobacillus fermentum , Lactobacillus acidophilus , and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum . Experiments to evaluate the probiotic potential of the isolates including pH tolerance (pH 2.0 and 3.0), bile salts (0.3% ox gall) resistance, hemolysis activity, antibiotic susceptibility, and high-temperature resistance were tested. Only two isolates from identified strains exhibited high survival rates when exposed to low pH and bile salts, these were L. acidophilus IBNA 76 and L. plantarum IBNA 84. The antibiotic test presented 100% resistance of both strains to gentamicin, kanamycin, lincomycin, colistin sulfate, erythromycin, amikacin, oxytetracycline, enrofloxacin, streptomycin, and tilmicosin, lower than the 0.6 mm inhibition zone diameter. Promising isolates ( L. acidophilus IBNA 76 and L. plantarum IBNA 84) were exposed to the spray-drying technique based on visible probiotic potential and survival rates. Carrier matrix material was used as a maltodextrin-glucose solution. The encapsulation probiotic isolated survived both over 67% and 77%, corresponding to a decrease in strain viability from 10 9 to 10 7 CFU/g. After further in vitro evaluations, the findings of this study showed that, from all LAB strains, L. acidophilus IBNA 76 and L. plantarum IBNA 84 may be considered probiotic candidates for animal nutrition and may have promising performance in piglet feed due to their origin of isolation.

Keywords: lactic acid bacteria; probiotics; spray-drying; viability; piglets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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