Assessment of the probiotic isolates features found in breast milk

نویسندگان

1 Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

3 Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

doi
10.22104/mmb.2024.6856.1140
چکیده

The probiotics in breast milk can help children restore optimal growth. This study aimed to separate and identify probiotic microorganisms from human milk and evaluation of vitamin B production by these microorganisms. Biochemical tests were used to identify nine aerobic and 81 microaerophilic isolates from 34 breast milk samples; Probiotic traits were characterized for auto-aggregation, co-aggregation, hydrophobicity, acidity tolerance, lysozyme, bile salts, and papain treatment. Furthermore, in some of the probiotic isolates, the production of the Vitamin B group was detected by thin layer chromatography. Breastmilk samples were collected from 34 healthy women with an average age of 27.5 ± 6.5 years. Eighty-one colonies were isolated under microaerophilic conditions based on different morphological characteristics. Fungi, gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria were composed 36%, 34%, and 30% of the isolates respectively. Two isolates with strong probiotic potential were molecularly examined and named Enterococcus faecalis (SUBC 156), and E. faecalis (SUBC 169). The highest resistance to acidity (18%) and bile salt (-1) was displayed by SUBC169, while SUBC156 survived lysozyme treatment and had a hydrophobicity of 56%. SUBC153 and SUBC156 produced vitamin B6 in a milk-containing MRS medium. Breast milk is recommended because of its probiotic qualities. Identifying those strains may confirm the true beneficial effect of probiotics in infant nutrition.