Lactobacillus johnsonii

Recently, Pridmore and co-workers (2008) have examined the production of hydrogen peroxide by the human gastrointestinal isolate Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC533. Through in silico analysis of the genome of this potential probiotic strain they identified the means by which hydrogen peroxide is synthesized. Furthermore, they demonstrated that the strain actively produced hydrogen peroxide in vitro at levels that were inhibitory for S. Typhimurium. 

Pridmore, R. D., Pittet, A. C., Praplan, F., and Cavadini, C. (2008). Hydrogen peroxide production by Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533 and its role in anti-Salmonella activity. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 283(2), 210-215. 

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Walker, D.C., Girgis, H.S., and Klaenhammer, T.R. The groESL chaperone operon of Lactobacillus johnsonii, Appl Environ. Microbiol, 65, 3033, 1999. 

Fermented, probiotic milk Lactobacillus casei Lactobacillus acidophilus Lactobacillus rhamnosus Lactobacillus johnsonii Lactobacillus plantarum Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei Lb. delbrueckii subsp. lactis Bifidobacterium lactis Bifidobacterium bifidum Bifidobacterium breve... 

Lapierre, L., Germond, J. E., Ott, A., Delley, M., Mollet, B. (1999). D-Lactate dehydrogenase gene (IdhD) inactivation and resulting metabolic effects in the Lactobacillus johnsonii strains Lai and N312. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 65, 4002-4007. 

Cho, J.S., Choi, Y.J., and Chung, D.K. (2000) Expression of Clostridium thermocellum endoglucanase gene in Lactobacillus gasseri and Lactobacillus johnsonii and characterization of the genetically modified probiotic lacto-bacilli. Curr. Microbiol, 40, 257-263. 

Muller, J. A., Ross, R. P., Sybesma, W. F.H., Fitzgerald, G. F. Stanton, C. (2011). Modification of the technical properties of Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533 by supplementing the growth medium with imsaturated fatty acids. Appl. Environ. Microbiol, 77(19), 6889-6898... 

Enzymatic mode. This chapter reports a selection of recent publications on the enzymatic synthesis and modification of carbohydrates. It is known that enzymes are capable of synthesizing complex carbohydrates from simple monosaccharides. Enzymatic synthesis is a very powerful tool in the modern carbohydrates chemistry. Mayer and coworkers isolated two exopolysaccharides produced by Lactobacillus johnsonii FI9785, and the structures of the obtained EPS-1 and EPS-2 were determined using a combination of two-dimensional NMR... 

DertU, E., Colquhoun, I.J., Gunning, A.P., et al. (2013) Structure and biosynthesis of two exopolysacteharides prcxlucted by Lactobacillus johnsonii l9TS5. J Biol Chem2SS, 31938-31951. 

Gdrska-Frqczek, S., Sandstrom, C., Kenne, L., et al. (2013) The structure and immunoreactivity of exopolysaccharide isolated from Lactobacillus johnsonii strain 151. CarbohydrRes 378,148-153. 

EUdns, C.A., Moser, S.A., and Savage, D.C. (2001) Genes encoding bile salt hydrolases and conjugated bile salt transporters in Lactobacillus johnsonii 100-100 and other Lactobacillus species. Microbiology 147, 3403-3412. 

Elkins, C.A. and Savage, D.C. (2003) CbsT2 from Lactobacillus johnsonii 100-100 is a transport protein of the major facilitator superfamily that facOitates bile add antiporL J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 6, 76-87. 

Guinane, C.M., Kent, R.M., Norberg, S., et al. (2011) Host specific diversity in Lactobacillus johnsonii as evidenced by a major chromosomal inversion and phage resistance mechanisms. PloS One 6, el8740. 

Bergonzelli, G.E. Granato, D., Pridmore, R.D., Marvin-Guy, L.F., Donnicola, D. and Corthesy-Theulaz, I.E. (2006) GroEL of Lactobacillus johnsonii Lai (NCC 533) is cell surface associated potential role in interactions with the host and the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Infect Immun 74, 425-434. 

Alamprese, C., Foschino, R., Rossi, M., et al. (2002) Survival of Lactobacillus johnsonii La 1 and influence of its addition in retail-manufactured ice cream produced with different sugar and fat concentrations. Int Dairy J 12, 201-208. 

Buhnik-Rosenblau, K., Matsko-Efimov, V., Jung, M., et al. (2012) Indication for Co-evolution of Lactobacillus johnsonii with its hosts. BMC Microbiol 12, 149. 

Denou, E., Pridmore, R.D., Berger, B., et al. (2008) Identification of genes associated with the long-gut-persistence phenotype of the probiotic Lactobacillus johnsonii strain NCC533 using a combination of genomics and transcrip-tome analysis. J Bacterial 190, 3161-3168. 

Pridmore RD, Berger B, Desiere F, Vilanova D, Barretto C, Pittet A-C, Zwahlen M-C, Rouvet M, Altermann E, Barrangou R, MoUet B, Mercenier A, Klaenhammer T, Arigoni F, and Schell MA (2004) The genome sequence of the probiotic intestinal bacterium Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101 2512-2517. 

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