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Short communication: Lactic acid bacteria from the honeybee inhibit the in vitro growth of mastitis pathogens.

Författare

  • K Piccart
  • Alejandra Vasquez
  • S Piepers
  • S De Vliegher
  • Tobias Olofsson

Summary, in English

Despite the increasing knowledge of prevention and control strategies, bovine mastitis remains one of the most challenging diseases in the dairy industry. This study investigated the antimicrobial activity of 13 species of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), previously isolated from the honey crop of the honeybee, on several mastitis pathogens. The viable LAB were first reintroduced into a sterilized heather honey matrix. More than 20 different bovine mastitis isolates were tested against the mixture of the 13 LAB species in the honey medium using a dual-culture overlay assay. The mastitis isolates were identified through bacteriological culturing, followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Additionally, the mastitis isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing through disk diffusion. Growth of all tested mastitis pathogens, including the ones displaying antimicrobial resistance to one or more antimicrobial compounds, were inhibited to some extent by the honey and LAB combination. The antibacterial effect of these LAB opens up new perspectives on alternative treatment and prevention of bovine mastitis.

Publiceringsår

2016-01-29

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Dairy Science

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

American Dairy Science Association

Ämne

  • Microbiology in the medical area

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1525-3198