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Probiotic Potential and Safety Evaluation of Enterococcus faecalis OB14 and OB15, Isolated From Traditional Tunisian Testouri Cheese and Rigouta, Using Physiological and Genomic Analysis
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains OB14 and OB15 were isolated from traditional Tunisian fermented dairy products, Testouri cheese and Rigouta, respectively. They were identified as Enterococcus faecalis by the MALDI TOF-MS (matrix assisted laser desorption-ionization time of flight mass spectrometry) biotyper system and molecular assays (species-specific PCR). These new isolates were evaluated for probiotic properties, compared to E. faecalis Symbioflor 1 clone DSM 16431, as probiotic reference. The bacteria were found to be tolerant to the harsh conditions of the gastrointestinal tract (acidity and bile salt). They were low to moderate biofilm producers, can adhere to Caco-2/TC7 intestinal cells and strengthen the intestinal barrier through the increase of the transepithelial electrical resistance (TER). Susceptibility to ampicillin, vancomycin, gentamicin and erythromycin has been tested using the broth microdilutions method. The results demonstrated that E. faecalis OB14 and OB15 were sensitive to the clinically important ampicillin (MIC=1µg/mL) and vancomycin (MIC= 2µg/mL) antibiotics. However, Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) showed the presence of tetracycline resistance and cytolysin genes in E. faecalis OB14, and this led to high mortality of Galleria Mellonella larvae in the virulence test. Hierarchical cluster analysis by MALDI TOF-MS biotyper showed that E. faecalis OB15 was closely related to the E. faecalis Symbioflor 1 probiotic strain than to OB14, and this has been confirmed by WGS using the Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) and Genome-to-Genome Hybridization similarity (GGDH) methods. According to these results, E. faecalis OB15 seems to be reliable for future development as probiotic, in food or feed industry.
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“Streptococcus mutans , ATCC 6538 , and Enterococcus faecalis KCTC 3206 were used as controls for the hemolysis test, as described in previous studies (Baccouri et al. 2019; Wolff and Liljemark 1978 ; Xu et al. 2024).”
Probiotic Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Donkey Feces in China
Wu, Y., Yue, S., Yu, J., Bian, F., Gao, C., & Zhang, Y. (2025) · Animals · doi:10.3390/ani15020207 · Cited by 6
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Bioprotective potential of lactic acid bacteria
Laslo, É., György, É., & András, C. D. (2020) · Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Alimentaria · doi:10.2478/ausal-2020-0007 · Cited by 6
Probiotic potential of three Enterococcus spp. isolated from raw milk: An in vitro assessment
Acar, B. Ç., Yüksekdağ, Z., & Yılmaz, E. Ş. (2025) · International Dairy Journal · doi:10.1016/j.idairyj.2025.106196 · Cited by 6
Özdemir, N. (2023) · Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology · doi:10.1007/s12010-023-04393-1 · Cited by 5
“Some strains of this genus, especially some of the Enterococcus faecalis strains, do not show pathogenicity [11].”
BackgroundChirakkara, S. P., & Abraham, A. (2022) · Biomedicine · doi:10.51248/.v42i6.2302 · Cited by 5
Baccouri, O., Boukerb, A. M., Nilly, F., Cambronel, M., Smaali, I., Feuilloley, M. G. J., Abidi, F., & Connil, N. (2020) · Microbiology Resource Announcements · doi:10.1128/mra.01433-19 · Cited by 5
“faecalis OB15 from rigouta, a popular traditional Tunisian fermented cheese that is often prepared by boiling acidified cheese whey from cow’s milk (7).”
BackgroundBadr, L., Yasir, M., Alkhaldy, A. A., Soliman, S. A., Ganash, M., Turkistani, S. A., Jiman-Fatani, A. A., Alzahrani, I., & Azhar, E. I. (2024) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.18392 · Cited by 4
“Moreover, capsule formation and adhesion–related genes have also been reported in probiotic/starter strains of enterococci ( Baccouri et al., 2019 ).”
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Understanding the ambiguity behind Enterococcus as a probiotic ally or a pathogenic adversary
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“Nevertheless, members of this genus continue to be a key component of various traditional fermented food products, enhancing the sensory properties of food and providing beneficial effects to the consuming host (Baccouri et al. 2019; Dapkevicius et al. 2021; de Melo Pereira et al. 2022).”
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“These findings are consistent with previous reports [39,40].”
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“Additionally, they can be found in diverse environments such as agro-industrial waste, food, animal feed, soil, plants, and water [41].”
Billateh, A., Cheirsilp, B., & Suyotha, W. (2026) · Applied Food Research · doi:10.1016/j.afres.2026.102087 · Cited by 3
Traditional Mediterranean cheeses: Lactic acid bacteria populations and functional traits
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Selection Criteria for Identifying Putative Probiont
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Characterization of novel potential probiotic strains of lactic acid bacteria from rat faeces
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“These findings align with previous studies where Enterococcus strains (Baccouri et al., 2019) and L. garvieae strains (Patel et al., 2020) were viable in acidic pH and high bile salt concentrations.”
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“Enterococcus species sourced from fermented foods generally lack gelatinase [72], as is the case here.”
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“The same was determined using free radical scav - enging activity assays [ 59 , 60].”
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Indicator Microflora of Ducks and Chickens in Home Farm Conditions
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Safety and Microbiological Quality
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“faecalis strains are regarded as commensal bacteria or even probiotics for creating a healthy gut environment; however, other strains are considered to be dangerous as they can lead to a variety of nosocomial infections and diseases [2, 3].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Baccouri, O., Boukerb, A. M., Farhat, L. B., Zébré, A., Zimmermann, K., Domann, E., Cambronel, M., Barreau, M., Maillot, O., Rincé, I., Muller, C., Marzouki, M. N., Feuilloley, M., Abidi, F., & Connil, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Carthage (TN)
- Normandie Université (FR)
- SymbioPharm (Germany) (DE)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Connil, Nathalie
- ORCID
- Venue
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2019-04-24
- Volume
- 10
- Pages
- 881-881
- ISSN
- 1664-302X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6491886
- OpenAlex
- W2942463136
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 92
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 5
- FWCI
- 12.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Frontiers in Microbiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- European Commission
- Région Normandie
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- Enterococcus faecalis, probiotic potential, probiotic safety, fermented dairy products, gastrointestinal tolerance, bile salt tolerance, biofilm formation, intestinal barrier, antibiotic susceptibility, tetracycline resistance, Galleria mellonella virulence, whole genome sequencing, average nucleotide identity
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