Isolation and identification of Lactobacillus inhibiting the production of halitosis by anaerobic bacteria

구취를 유발하는 혐기성 세균의 증식을 억제하는 유산 간균의 분리 및 동정

  • Kim, Mi-Hyung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Gwang-Ju Health College) ;
  • Kim, Seon-Mi (College of Dentistry, Chonnam National University)
  • 김미형 (광주보건대학 치위생과) ;
  • 김선미 (전남대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실)
  • Published : 2004.12.30

Abstract

There are normal inhabitants doing medically useful functions in the body. There are many kinds of bacteria performing specific functions in the oral cavity. Two strains of lactic acid bacteria were isolated from normal inhabitants of children 's oral cavity, which inhibited the the production of halitosis by anaerobic bacteria. The authors identified the isolates by the lest using API 50 CHL medium kit. 1. Two isolates were Gram-positive bacilli and produced hydrogen peroxide. 2. The optical density was 1.286 in the supernatant of Fusobacterium nucleatum after vortexing for 30 minutes, whereas in the supernatant of combined Fusobacterium nucleatum and each isolate, they were reduced to 0.628 and 0.497, which the percentages of coaggregation between them were 29.4% and 57.8%, respectively. 3. The optical density of Fusobacterium nucleatum precipitate was 1.794 in the culture media containing cysteine and $FeSO_4$, being reduced to 1.144 and 0.915 in the coaggregated precipitates of Fusobacterium nucleatum and each isolate. 4. The optical density of Porphyromonas gingivalis precipitate was 1.932 in the culture media, being reduced to 1.170 and 1.266 in the coaggregated precipitates of Porphyromonas gingivalis and each isolate. 5. When two isolates were tested with API 50 CHL medium kit, those were identified as Lactobaciallius salivarius and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis.

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