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The microbial communities within honey bee colonies contribute to the defense against pathogens. The goal of this study was to isolate, identify, and lyophilize lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria from the gut of nurse bees and bee bread in Apis mellifera colonies. Bacterial cultures from the intestinal content were conducted, and subsequently identified, sequenced, and lyophilized. Cross-antagonism among them was also assessed. Studies based on 16 S rRNA gene Sanger sequencing revealed that the MC3 strain had 100% identity with Bifidobacterium choladohabitans, the PP2B strain showed 99.16% similarity with Enterococcus faecium, while the PP1 strain exhibited 99.49% similarity with Lacticaseibacillus sp. and the PP1B strain showed 99.32% similarity with Lacticaseibacillus sp. There was no evidence of cross-antagonism among the strains, and the lyophilization process showed good stability and conservation. This is the first report of the isolation of B. choladohabitans from honey bee gut in Argentina, and also associates the presence of E. faecium with bee bread.
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The goal of the present study was to evaluate the encapsulation of Weissella paramesenteroides, isolated from bee bread, as a technological tool for its use in biological fish silage. The pH decrease in fish silages using the bacteria encapsulated and in a non-encapsulated form was compared. W. paramesenteroides showed a good performance in the development of biological fish silage. The alginate encapsulation method showed an encapsulation efficacy of 85% and provides a reliable technological application.
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Fishes , Food Technology/methods , Silage , Weissella , AnimalsABSTRACT
The goal of the present study was to evaluate the encapsulation of Weissella paramesenteroides, isolated from bee bread, as a technological tool for its use in biological fish silage. The pH decrease in fish silages using the bacteria encapsulated and in a non-encapsulated form was compared. W. paramesenteroides showed a good performance in the development of bioEnc ap su lati on; logical fish silage. The alginate encapsulation method showed an encapsulation efficacy of 85% and provides a reliable technological application.
El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar la encapsulación de Weissella paramesenteroides, aislada a partir del pan de polen, como herramienta tecnológica para su uso en la elaboración de ensilado biológico de pescado. Se comparó el descenso de pH para los ensilados utilizando la bacteria encapsulada y no encapsulada. W. paramesenteroides mostró un buen desempeño en el desarrollo de ensilado biológico de pescado. El método de encapsulación con alginato mostró una eficacia del 85% y puede ser utilizado para su aplicación tecnológica.
