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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2015

Probiotic potential of Enterococcus faecalis strains isolated from meconium.

Ahmed K Al Atya, Karima Drider-Hadiouche, Rozenn Ravallec, Amadine Silvain, Anne Vachee, Djamel Drider

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed K Al AtyaInstitut Charles Viollette, Polytech-Lille, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq France.
Karima Drider-HadioucheHôpital Victor Provo, Roubaix France.
Rozenn RavallecInstitut Charles Viollette, Polytech-Lille, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq France.
Amadine SilvainGénie Biologique et Alimentaire, Institut Charles Violette, ProbioGem Laboratoire, Polytech-Lille, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq France.
Anne VacheeHôpital Victor Provo, Roubaix France.
Djamel DriderInstitut Charles Viollette, Polytech-Lille, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies, Villeneuve d'Ascq France.
Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix · FRPolytech Lille · FRInstitut Charles Viollette · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

107 bacterial isolates with Gram positive staining and negative catalase activity, presumably assumed as lactic acid bacteria, were isolated from samples of meconium of 6 donors at Roubaix hospital, in the north of France. All these bacterial isolates were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as Enterococcus faecalis. However, only six isolates among which E. faecalis 14, E. faecalis 28, E. faecalis 90, E. faecalis 97, and E. faecalis 101 (obtained from donor 3), and E. faecalis 93 (obtained from donor 5) were active against some Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria , through production of lactic acid, and bacteriocin like inhibitory substances. The identification of these isolates was confirmed by 16rDNA sequencing and their genetic relatedness was established by REP-PCR and pulsed field gel electrophoresis methods. Importantly, the aforementioned antagonistic isolates were sensitive to various classes of antibiotics tested, exhibited high scores of coaggregation and hydrophobicity, and were not hemolytic. Taken together, these properties render these strains as potential candidates for probiotic applications.

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antagonismanti-Staphylococcus activityenterocinsEnterococcus faecalismeconium

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PMID25883590
PMCPMC4382979
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