Probiotic, antimicrobial and anticancer properties of Lysinibacillus macroides, Kurthia huakuii, and Enterococcus faecium isolated from freshwater snail gut microbiota.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The composition and roles of intestinal microbial populations have been clarified including mammals and humans however, less is understood concerning the gut microbiota of mollusks. For the first time, we investigated non-parasite transmitting freshwater snails Lanistes carinatus (L. carinatus), Cleopatra bulimoides (C. bulimoides) and Helisoma duryi (H. duryi) gut microbiota as a source of probiotic strains with anticancer potential and explore their microbial population structure.

Results

Our investigation demonstrated significant variation in microbial richness, identifying 32 bacterial phyla across the three snail species. Pseudomonadota (44-60%) and Bacteroidota (17-20%) were identified as the predominant phyla in all snails, with p value = 0.28 and 0.39, res

SUBMITTER: Shaker RAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12406508 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature