Probiotic Spores of <i>Shouchella clausii</i> SF174 and Displayed Bromelain Show Beneficial Additive Potential.

ABSTRACT: Probiotics have health-beneficial properties mainly due to either a direct action on the host or the modulation of the host microbiota. Health-beneficial properties have also been associated with a variety of plant-derived molecules, widely used as dietary supplements. This study explores the possibility of combining the actions of probiotics and of plant-derived molecules by developing beneficial, probiotic-carrying, heterologous molecules. To this extent, spores of SF174, a well-characterized probiotic strain of Shouchella clausii (formerly Bacillus clausii), were used to bind bromelain, a plant-derived mixture of endopeptidases with beneficial effects. Probiotic spores displaying bromelain maintained their antioxidant activity and acquired the endopeptidase activity of the

SUBMITTER: Corona R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11817855 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature