Journal: Vaccines

Article Title: Possible Cross-Reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, CRM197 and Proteins in Pneumococcal Vaccines May Protect Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Disease and Death

doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040559

Figure Lengend Snippet: UniProtKB accession numbers for viral and bacterial proteins used in this study.

Article Snippet: Lactobacillus paracasei , LACP3_ UP000001651 , Lactobacillus paracasei strain ATCC 334/BCRC; 2708 protein sequences.

Techniques: Membrane

Journal: Vaccines

Article Title: Possible Cross-Reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, CRM197 and Proteins in Pneumococcal Vaccines May Protect Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Disease and Death

doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040559

Figure Lengend Snippet: Summary of BLAST search result matches between SARS-CoV-2 proteins (left-hand column) and whole bacteria at E = 1.0 (shaded left-hand columns) and E = 10.0 (unshaded right-hand columns): Bordetella pertussis (whole PERT); Mycobacterium tuberculosis (BCG); Clostridium leptum (C. lept); Escherichia coli ( E. coli ); Lactococcus lactis (L. lact); Lactobacillus paracasei (L. para). Note that in contrast to the LALIGN searches ( Table 2 and Table 3 ), the BLAST searches were set to E =1 or E = 10 because of the much larger size of the entire genome as compared with the average of 17 proteins searched for the other vaccines (compare sequences in Figure 3 and Figure 4 to Figure 1 and Figure 2 ). Avg/Pro = average number of matches per protein.

Article Snippet: Lactobacillus paracasei , LACP3_ UP000001651 , Lactobacillus paracasei strain ATCC 334/BCRC; 2708 protein sequences.

Techniques: Bacteria, Vaccines

Journal: Pharmacology Research & Perspectives

Article Title: The antimicrobial effect behind Cannabis sativa

doi: 10.1002/prp2.761

Figure Lengend Snippet: Antimicrobial in vitro activity of C . sativa derivatives and related compounds

Article Snippet: , Cannabis sativa L . seed extracts , MIC well dilution method. Control: gentamycin and vancomycin , Selective antimicrobial activity against pathogenic strains ( Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC, Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium ATCC 14028, E. coli ATCC 25922, S. aureus ATCC 25923 and Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212) and no inhibitory effects on the growth of probiotic strains ( Lactobacillus paracasei MB395, Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 20016, Lactobacillus brevis ATCC 14869, Lactobacillus plantarum MB91, Bifidobacterium bifidum B2009, Bifidobacterium longum Re11 and Bifidobacterium breve B632). MIC values of 1 mg/ml for E. coli ATCC 25922, S. typhimurium ATCC 14028, S. aureus ATCC 25923 and E. faecalis ATCC 29212 , E. aerogenes ATCC 13048 MIC 2.5 mg/ml. , .

Techniques: In Vitro, Activity Assay, Cannabis, Diffusion-based Assay, Bacteria, Isolation, Control, Inhibition, Concentration Assay, Modification, Plant Extract, Double Staining, Fluorescence, Crystal Violet Assay, Drug Susceptibility Assay, Motility Assay, Staining, Electron Microscopy, Serial Dilution, Transmission Assay, Western Blot, Membrane, Expressing, Analogues, Microscopy, Lysis, Biofilm Production Assay, ATP Bioluminescent Assay

Journal: Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Article Title: Quantification of Intestinal Lactobacillus Species in Children with Functional Constipation by Quantitative Real-Time PCR

doi: 10.2147/CEG.S250755

Figure Lengend Snippet: Specificity of the L. Casei Primer Pair Used in This Study

Article Snippet: Seven Lactobacillus reference strains ( L. casei ATCC 39392, L. paracasei ATCC 25598, L. rhamnosus ATCC 7469, L. plantarum ATCC 8014, L. reuteri ATCC 23272, L. fermentum ATCC 9338, L. acidophilus ATCC 4356) used to validate the assays in the study were ordered from the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST, Iran).

Techniques: Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction

Journal: Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Article Title: Quantification of Intestinal Lactobacillus Species in Children with Functional Constipation by Quantitative Real-Time PCR

doi: 10.2147/CEG.S250755

Figure Lengend Snippet: Prevalence of Lactobacillus Species, Detected by Quantitative PCR

Article Snippet: Seven Lactobacillus reference strains ( L. casei ATCC 39392, L. paracasei ATCC 25598, L. rhamnosus ATCC 7469, L. plantarum ATCC 8014, L. reuteri ATCC 23272, L. fermentum ATCC 9338, L. acidophilus ATCC 4356) used to validate the assays in the study were ordered from the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST, Iran).

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Journal: Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Article Title: Quantification of Intestinal Lactobacillus Species in Children with Functional Constipation by Quantitative Real-Time PCR

doi: 10.2147/CEG.S250755

Figure Lengend Snippet: Quantity of seven Lactobacillus species in the feces of constipated children and healthy controls. Statistical significance of observed differences in the amount of Lactobacillus species between both constipated and healthy groups was measured by the Mann–Whitney U -test. Bars represent standard errors. P < 0.05 was marked with one asterisk (∗), and P < 0.2 with two asterisks (∗∗). One-way ANOVA testing shows the significant differences in quantity (log 10 CFU/gram) between Lactobacillus species.

Article Snippet: Seven Lactobacillus reference strains ( L. casei ATCC 39392, L. paracasei ATCC 25598, L. rhamnosus ATCC 7469, L. plantarum ATCC 8014, L. reuteri ATCC 23272, L. fermentum ATCC 9338, L. acidophilus ATCC 4356) used to validate the assays in the study were ordered from the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST, Iran).

Techniques: MANN-WHITNEY

Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology

Article Title: Identification and Classification for the Lactobacillus casei Group

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01974

Figure Lengend Snippet: View showing the current state in classification of the L. casei group. The L. casei group has at least four distinct species; L. casei, L. chiayiensis sp. nov., L. paracasei , and L. rhamnosus . L. paracasei is comprised of two subspecies; L. paracasei subsp. paracasei and L. paracasei subsp. tolerans . ‘ L. zeae ’ has a possibility to be reclassified as the independent new taxon.

Article Snippet: In 2008, the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) stated that the current taxonomy of the L. casei group is comprised of three closely related species: L . casei (type strain: ATCC 393), L. paracasei subsp. paracasei (type strain: ATCC 25302) and L. paracasei subsp. tolerans (type strain: ATCC 25599), and L. rhamnosus (type strain: ATCC 7469) ( ). updated the taxonomy proposing a new species for the L. casei group based on whole-genome sequencing (WGS), multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA), matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), phenotypic characterization and species-specific PCR.

Techniques:

Journal: Pharmaceutics

Article Title: Lactobacilli as a Vector for Delivery of Nanobodies against Norovirus Infection.

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010063

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 1. Production of VHH 1E4-displaying Lactobacillus. (a) Diagram of the expression cassette (pAF900-1E4) for cell-surface display of 1E4. VHH on L. paracasei BL23. apf Pro, the promoter of apf gene from L. crispatus M247; apf RBS, ribosomal binding site of apf gene; apf SP, the signal peptide of apf gene; prtP anchor, the 243 C-terminal amino acids of prtP from L. paracasei BL23; apf C-ter, C-terminal part of apf gene (not translated). The transcriptional terminator is indicated as the stem-and-loop structure. (b) Production of VHH 1E4 in cell extract (CE) and culture supernatant (SC) of cell wall-anchored recombinant L. paracasei BL23 strains tested by Western blotting using monoclonal mouse anti-E-tag antibody and horseradish peroxidase-labeled goat anti-mouse antibody as primary and secondary antibodies, respectively. Lactobacillus paracasei BL23 cells transformed with the empty vector pIAV7 were used as a negative control. The red arrow indicates the band corresponding to VHH 1E4 fused to the cell wall anchor region of PrtP. (c) Cell surface display of VHH 1E4 in recombinant L. paracasei BL23 strains according to ELISA assay using bacterial suspensions, a monoclonal mouse anti-E-tag antibody as the primary antibody, and alkaline phosphatase-conjugated rabbit anti-mouse antibody as the secondary antibody. Non-transformed L. paracasei BL23 cells and the strain transformed by the empty vector pIAV7 were used as negative controls. Signals were detected by reading the absorbance at 405 nm. The experiment was performed twice, and results are expressed as mean ± 1 standard deviation (SD). (d) Plasmid persistence of the recombinant L. paracasei BL23 strains expressing VHH 1E4 (BL23-1E4), measured according to colony count assays. The experiment was performed twice, and results are expressed as mean ± 1 SD. hpi, hours post-inoculation.

Article Snippet: Lactobacillus paracasei BL23 (previously known as L. casei or L. zeae ATCC 393 pLZ15−) cells were grown anaerobically at 37 ◦C on MRS agar plates (Difco, Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD, USA) or in MRS broth without shaking.

Techniques: Expressing, Binding Assay, Recombinant, Western Blot, Labeling, Transformation Assay, Plasmid Preparation, Negative Control, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Standard Deviation

Journal: Pharmaceutics

Article Title: Lactobacilli as a Vector for Delivery of Nanobodies against Norovirus Infection.

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010063

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 3. The expression of VHH 1E4 on the surface of lactobacilli collected from the feces of germ-free mice before and after oral administration with strain BL23-1E4. Flow cytometry was used to confirm the display of VHH on the surface of Lactobacillus strains. (a) Lactobacilli in the feces of germ-free mice before and after oral administration of L. paracasei BL23-pIAV7 or BL23-1E4 were stained with thiazole orange (TO), whereas 1E4 was detected via E-tag by using rabbit anti-E-tag IgG followed by brilliant violet 421-labelled goat anti-rabbit IgG. The purple box indicates the cell population that is double positive for TO and E-tag-associated 1E4. (b) The proportion (%) of E-tag-positive cells among TO-positive cells (i.e., live bacteria) is shown at various times (h) after oral administration of germ-free BALB/c mice with L. paracasei BL23-pIAV7 or BL23-1E4. The experiment was performed three times, and the results are shown as mean ± 1 SD.

Article Snippet: Lactobacillus paracasei BL23 (previously known as L. casei or L. zeae ATCC 393 pLZ15−) cells were grown anaerobically at 37 ◦C on MRS agar plates (Difco, Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD, USA) or in MRS broth without shaking.

Techniques: Expressing, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Bacteria