Antioxidant activity of exopolysaccharide from probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium (BDU7) from Ngari

Evaluation of Enterococcus faecium Ch-1 isolated from Chuli- A traditional fermented apricot product of Trans Himalayan region

“…The results indicate that E. faecium Ch-1 can resist the effects of pepsin and pancreatin during the gastrointestinal (GI) transit, therefore could be a potential source for probiotic formulations with effective delivery in GI tract.Better growth of the bacteria on MRS broth than on MRS agar could be the reason for slightly better autoaggregation of cells grown on MRS broth. Similarly, Abdhul et al (2014) [36] measured the autoaggregation ability of E. faecium BDU7 and observed the strain exhibited a strong autoagrregation of 72.7%. Also, the autoaggregation ability of E. mundtii ST4V was studied by Todorov et al (2009) [37] where the observed autoaggregation was 41.34 %.…”

“…E. faecium Ch-1 showed a high hydrophobic character and thus showing its potential to adhere to the GI tract efficiently. Similarly, Abdhul et al (2014) [36] studied the adhesion ability of E. faecium BDU7 which was found to be 54.8%. On contrary, Todorov et al (2009) [37] found E. mundtii ST4V to possess a low hydrophobic value i.e.…”

Bacteriocinogenic potential of a probiotic strain Bacillus coagulans [BDU3] from Ngari

“…With this view point and as a continuation of our previous attempt of isolating an efficient antioxidant probiotic Enterococcus faecium BDU7 [16] in the present study, we opted to study the bacteriocinogenic potential of a probiotic B. coagulans from "Ngari" a fermented fish product which has been traditionally consumed in Manipur.…”

“…Bacillus coagulans sp., BDU3 was isolated from Ngari (a fermented fish product) as described previously [16]. It was selected among several other co-isolated Gram-positive and catalase positive bacteria for its antibacterial potency.…”

“…The probiotic potential of the isolate was verified by its acid and bile tolerance as described previously [19]. The 16S rRNA based genotype identification of the isolate was carried out as described earlier [16]. The 16S rRNA sequences thus obtained was submitted in GenBank with the accession number JX847608.…”