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In vitro interactions between probiotic bacteria and milk proteins probed by atomic force microscopy
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Abstract
Interactions between microbial cells and milk proteins are important for cell location into dairy matrices. In this study, interactions between two probiotic strains, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1, and milk proteins (micellar casein, native and denatured whey proteins) were studied. The bacterial surface characterization was realized with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to evaluate surface composition (in terms of proteins, polysaccharides and lipid-like compounds) and electrophoretic mobility that provide information on surface charge of both bacteria and proteins along the 37 pH range. In addition, atomic force microscopy (AFM) enabled the identification of specific interactions between bacteria and whey proteins, in contrast to the observed nonspecific interactions with micellar casein. These specific events appeared to be more important for the GG strain than for the GR-1 strain, showing that matrix interaction is strain-specific. Furthermore, our study highlighted that in addition to the nature of the strains, many other factors influence the bacterial interaction with dairy matrix including the nature of the proteins and the pH of the media.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Colloids and surfaces: B : biointerfaces. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2013
ISSN
0927-7765
DOI
10.1016/J.COLSURFB.2012.11.032
Volume/pages
104 (2013) , p. 153-162
ISI
000316645100023
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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