Probiotic Potential and Safety Evaluation of Enterococcus faecalis OB14 and OB15, Isolated from Traditional Tunisian Testouri Cheese and Rigouta, Using Physiological and Genomic Analysis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue APR, 2019, Pages

  Baccouri, Olfa ^a   Boukerb, Amine Mohamed ^b   Farhat, Leila Ben ^a   Zébré, Arthur ^b   Zimmermann, Kurt ^c   Domann, Eugen ^d   Cambronel, Mélyssa ^b   Barreau, Magalie ^b   Maillot, Olivier ^b   Rincé, Isabelle ^e   Muller, Cécile ^e   Marzouki, Mohamed Nejib ^a   Feuilloley, Marc ^b   Abidi, Ferid ^a   Connil, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c SymbioPharm GmbH   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococcus faecalis; Genomic analysis; Probiotics; Rigouta; Safety; Testouri cheese; Virulence

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BROTH DILUTION; CACO-2 CELL LINE; CHEESE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DAIRY PRODUCT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ASSAY; EPITHELIAL ATTACHMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTESTINAL CELL LINE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; SALT TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TC7 CELL LINE; TRANSEPITHELIAL RESISTANCE; TUNISIAN; VIRULENCE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85067605586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00881     Document Type: Article

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