Project description:Modulation of Lactobacillus plantarum gastrointestinal robustness by fermentation conditions enables identification of bacterial robustness markers
Project description:Lactobacillus plantarum was grown anaerobically on 4 different sugars (Mannose Lactose Fructose and Sucrose) to OD600 = 1.0. Samples were compared with a similar grown culture on glucose. An independnet biological duplicate of tht experimnet was performed (samples 1 and 2).
Project description:Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 was grown under anaerobic carbon-limited conditions in a chemostat with complete biomass retention (retentostat). In this cultivation system, the biomass concentration progressively increases while the dilution rate is kept constant, resulting in decreased specific susbtrate availibility, and hence, a progressive decrease in the specific growth rate. During the progressive transition from growth to virtually no growth, the global changes occurring at the level of metabolism and gene expression were studied using a genome-scale metabolic model and DNA microarrays. Four different time-points are compared, corresponding to 4 different specific growth rates, and hence, 4 different ratios of energy used for maintenance and growth. The samples taken at the start of retentostat cultivation serves as a a reference sample, to which the three other samples (taken after 3 days, 17 days, and 31 days under retentostat conditions) are compared. No biological replicates: all samples were taken from the same retentostat fermentation.
Project description:To characterize the effect of lactic acid on the L. plantarum growth and adaptation, we investigated the transcriptome under hydrochloride (HCl) or lactic acid at the early stage of the growth.
Project description:Lactobacillus plantarum was grown anaerobically on 4 different sugars (Mannose Lactose Fructose and Sucrose) to OD600 = 1.0. Samples were compared with a similar grown culture on glucose. An independnet biological duplicate of tht experimnet was performed (samples 1 and 2). L. plantarum WCFS1 grown in glucose, mannose, fructose, and sucrose
Project description:The aim of the study was to determine biological relevance of differentially expressed genes in Lactobacillus plantarum C2 during fermentation of plant substrates. Whole-transcriptome analysis based on customized microarray profiles has been used to determine altered transcription patterns in L. plantarum C2. L. plantarum C2 was grown (24 h at 30°C) and stored ( 21 days at 4°C) in carrot or pineapple juices to mimic the chemical composition of the respective raw matrices. De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe broth was used as the control medium for optimal growth. Samples were analyzed at the late exponential phase of growth and after storage
