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Genome Announc ; 4(1)2016 Jan 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26769944

ABSTRACT

Streptococcus orisasini SH06 was isolated from a healthy thoroughbred gastrointestinal tract. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of this organism. This paper is the first published report of the genomic sequence of S. orisasini.

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Genome Announc ; 3(2)2015 Apr 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25883283

ABSTRACT

We isolated Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense JCM 15439 from the feces of a healthy Japanese infant and proposed it as the type strain of a novel species within the genus Bifidobacterium. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of this organism.

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J Equine Sci ; 25(2): 37-43, 2014.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25013357

ABSTRACT

We previously isolated the commensal bacteria lactobacilli and bifidobacteria from the Thoroughbred intestine and prepared the horse probiotics LacFi(TM), consisting of Lactobacillus ruminis KK14, L. equi KK 15, L. reuteri KK18, L. johnsonii KK21, and Bifidobacterium boum HU. Here, we found that the five LacFi(TM) constituent strains remarkably suppressed pro-inflammatory interleukin-17 production in mouse splenocytes stimulated with interleukin-6 and transforming growth factor-ß. The protective effects of the probiotic on impaired intestinal barrier function were evaluated in Caco-2 cells treated with tumor necrosis factor-α. Evaluation of transepithelial resistance showed that all the strains exhibited intestinal barrier protective activity, with significant suppression of barrier impairment by L. reuteri KK18. The LacFi(TM) constituent strains were detected in neonatal LacFi(TM)-administered Thoroughbred feces using polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and culture methods. These five strains were found to be the predominant lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in the intestinal microbiota of LacFi(TM)-administered Thoroughbreds. Administration of LacFi(TM) to neonatal Thoroughbreds decreased diarrhea incidence from 75.9% in the control group (n=29 neonatal Thoroughbreds) to 30.7% in the LacFi(TM)-administered group (n=101 neonatal Thoroughbreds) immediately after birth to 20 weeks after birth. LacFi(TM) treatment also prevented diarrhea especially at and around 4 weeks and from 10 to 16 weeks. The duration of diarrhea was also shorter in the probiotics-administered group (7.4 ± 0.8 days) than in the control group (14.0 ± 3.2 days). These results indicate that the LacFi(TM) probiotics regulates intestinal function and contributes to diarrhea prevention.

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Anim Sci J ; 85(2): 158-63, 2014 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23865717

ABSTRACT

Bifidobacterial plasmids reported so far are derived from a limited number of strains and plasmids of bifidobacterial type strains isolated from humans are unknown. We found that Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense JCM 15439 (type strain) isolated from a healthy infant contained two cryptic plasmids, designated pBBKW-1 and pBBKW-2. We determined and analyzed the complete sequences of both plasmids. pBBKW-1 (7716 bp) was predicted to replicate by a rolling-circle mechanism and encode six protein-coding genes, two of which are putative replication proteins. pBBKW-1 seems to be a cointegrate plasmid containing two copies of the plasmid pMG1 from Bifidobacterium longum. pBBKW-2 (2920 bp) was predicted to encode six protein-coding genes and be a theta-type replicating plasmid, which has been reported to be more stable than a rolling circle-type replicating plasmid frequently found in bifidobacteria. Our finding will provide new insights into safe recombinant plasmid constructions for humans.


Subject(s)
Base Sequence , Bifidobacterium/genetics , Feces/microbiology , Plasmids/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Bifidobacterium/isolation & purification , Humans , Infant , Molecular Sequence Data
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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ; 60(Pt 1): 109-112, 2010 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19648335

ABSTRACT

We previously isolated five strains of putative lactobacilli from the faeces of a thoroughbred horse (a 4-year-old male). Of the five strains, four were identified as members of existing Lactobacillus species; however, sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene revealed that the fifth isolate, DI70(T), showed approximately 97 % identity (1325/1366 bp) with the type strain of Lactobacillus delbrueckii. Therefore, we considered the possibility that DI70(T) represents a novel species of the genus Lactobacillus. Cells of strain DI70(T) were Gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile rods. In phylogenetic trees constructed on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain DI70(T) formed a subcluster in the L. delbrueckii phylogenetic group and was closely related to L. delbrueckii, Lactobacillus crispatus and Lactobacillus jensenii. However, analysis of DNA-DNA relatedness showed that DI70(T) was genetically distinct from its phylogenetic relatives. The isolate also exhibited distinct biochemical and physiological characteristics when compared with its phylogenetic relatives. It required anaerobic conditions for growth on agar medium. The results indicate that isolate DI70(T) indeed represents a novel species of the genus Lactobacillus, for which we propose the name Lactobacillus equicursoris sp. nov. The type strain is DI70(T) (=JCM 14600(T) =DSM 19284(T)).


Subject(s)
Feces/microbiology , Lactobacillus/classification , Lactobacillus/isolation & purification , Animals , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , DNA, Ribosomal/genetics , Horses , Lactobacillus/genetics , Lactobacillus/metabolism , Male , Molecular Sequence Data , Phylogeny , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
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Anim Sci J ; 80(3): 339-46, 2009 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20163646

ABSTRACT

To detect the predominant lactobacilli in the intestinal flora of healthy thoroughbreds, we isolated lactobacilli from the feces of nine thoroughbreds (five males and four females; 0-15-year-old). The isolated lactobacilli comprise 17 species (37 strains), and they were classified into five groups: Lactobacillus salivarius (6 species), L. reuteri (6 species), Lactobacillus delbrueckii (3 species), L. buchneri (1 species) and L. vitulinus (1 species). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, we identified 3 other phylogenetic relatives belonging to the genus Lactobacillus. These results suggest that the intestinal flora of thoroughbreds may comprise many species of the genus Lactobacillus. Polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) analyses of the 340-bp fragments of the 16S rRNA genes from the same nine fecal samples showed that L. hayakitensis, L. equigenerosi and L. equi are contained in all the samples, suggesting that these species are predominant lactobacilli in the intestinal flora of thoroughbreds.


Subject(s)
Horses/microbiology , Intestines/microbiology , Lactobacillus/isolation & purification , Animals , Female , Male
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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ; 58(Pt 12): 2682-6, 2008 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19060040

ABSTRACT

Four bacterial strains, designated ST18(T), HM244, HM250 and DI49, were isolated from the fresh faeces of four thoroughbred horses in Japan. Cells were Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, catalase-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile rods that occurred in chains. They were placed in the same subcluster based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, phenotypic characteristics and levels of DNA-DNA relatedness. Their DNA G+C content ranged from 36 to 38 mol%. Lactobacillus catenaformis, Lactobacillus vitulinus and Catenibacterium mitsuokai belong to cluster XVII of the Clostridium subphylum. Strain ST18(T) was most closely related to L. catenaformis ATCC 25536(T) in the phylogenetic tree, but these strains shared only 89.9 % (1336/1486 bp) 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. L. catenaformis, L. vitulinus and C. mitsuokai are homofermentative bacteria, whereas ST18(T) produced CO(2) from glucose. Whereas the cell-wall peptidoglycan type of L. catenaformis and L. vitulinus wasL-Lys-L-Ala(3), that of C. mitsuokai and the subgroup represented by ST18(T) was A1gamma (L-Ala-D-Glu-meso-diaminopimelic acid). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence divergence of more than 10 % from L. catenaformis as well as phenotypic characteristics, strains ST18(T), HM244, HM250 and DI49 are considered to represent a novel species of a new genus belonging to the Clostridium subphylum cluster XVII, for which the name Sharpea azabuensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Sharpea azabuensis is ST18(T) (=JCM 14210(T) =DSM 18934(T)).


Subject(s)
Feces/microbiology , Horses/microbiology , Lactobacillaceae/classification , Lactobacillaceae/physiology , Anaerobiosis , Animals , Lactobacillaceae/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Phylogeny , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Species Specificity
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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ; 57(Pt 12): 2836-2839, 2007 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18048734

ABSTRACT

Two strains, KBL13(T) and GBL13, were isolated as one of intestinal lactobacilli from the faecal specimens from different thoroughbreds of the same farm where they were born in Hokkaido, Japan. They were Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, catalase-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile rods. KBL13(T) and GBL13 homofermentatively metabolize glucose, and produce lactate as the sole final product from glucose. The 16S rRNA gene sequence, DNA-DNA hybridization, DNA G+C content and biochemical characterization indicated that these two strains, KBL13(T) and GBL13, belong to the same species. In the representative strain, KBL13(T), the DNA G+C content was 34.3 mol%. Lactobacillus salivarius JCM 1231(T) (=ATCC 11741(T); AF089108) is the type strain most closely related to the strain KBL13(T) as shown in the phylogenetic tree, and the 16S rRNA gene sequence identity showed 96.0 % (1425/1484 bp). Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of this strain indicated that the two isolated strains belong to the genus Lactobacillus and that they formed a branch distinct from their closest relatives, L. salivarius, Lactobacillus aviarius, Lactobacillus saerimneri and Lactobacillus acidipiscis. DNA-DNA reassociation experiments with L. salivarius and L. aviarius confirmed that KBL13(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Lactobacillus hayakitensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is KBL13(T) (=JCM 14209(T)=DSM 18933(T)).


Subject(s)
Feces/microbiology , Lactobacillus/classification , Lactobacillus/isolation & purification , Aerobiosis/physiology , Anaerobiosis/physiology , Animals , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Base Composition , Catalase/analysis , DNA/chemistry , DNA/genetics , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , Fermentation , Genes, rRNA , Glucose/metabolism , Horses , Japan , Lactic Acid/metabolism , Lactobacillus/genetics , Lactobacillus/metabolism , Molecular Sequence Data , Nucleic Acid Hybridization , Phylogeny , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid , Spores, Bacterial/cytology
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