ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>25º Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia </TITLE><link rel=STYLESHEET type=text/css href=css.css></HEAD><BODY aLink=#ff0000 bgColor=#FFFFFF leftMargin=0 link=#000000 text=#000000 topMargin=0 vLink=#000000 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><table align=center width=700 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=left bgcolor=#cccccc valign=top width=550><font face=arial size=2><strong><font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=3><font size=1>25º Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia </font></font></strong><font face=Verdana size=1><b><br></b></font><font face=Verdana, Arial,Helvetica, sans-serif size=1><strong> </strong></font></font></td><td align=right bgcolor=#cccccc valign=top width=150><font face=arial size=2><strong><font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=1><font size=1>ResumoID:1809-1</font></em></font></strong></font></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><br><br><table align=center width=700><tr><td>Área: <b>Microbiologia Geral ( Divisão H )</b><p align=justify><strong><P><FONT FACE="ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF"><STRONG>ASSIMILATION OF PREBIOTIC CARBOHYDRATES BY <EM>LACTOBACILLUS SOBRIUS</EM> IN AN <EM>IN VITRO</EM> MODEL</STRONG></FONT></P></strong></p><p align=justify><b><u>Haíssa Roberta Cardarelli </u></b> (<i>FCF/USP</i>); <b>Susana Marta Isay Saad </b> (<i>FCF/USP</i>); <b>Hauke Smidt </b> (<i>WUR</i>)<br><br></p><b><font size=2>Resumo</font></b><p align=justify class=tres><font size=2><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Beneficial effects attributed to probiotics and prebiotics have been extensively studied during the last years; although their mechanisms of action at host level have not been completely elucidated. This study aimed to verify the effect of a potentially probiotic strain of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Lactobacillus</I> <I>sobrius</I>, combined or not with prebiotic ingredients (trans-galactooligosaccharides - TOS, fructooligosaccharides  FOS and Konjac glucomannan oligosaccharides - KGMO) on the composition and functionality of human and pig gut microbiota. For this purpose, an <I>in vitro</I> fermentation model was employed, using fecal inocula of three human volunteers (H1, H2 and H3) and three pigs (P1, P2 and P3). Quantification of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">L. sobrius</I> and total bacterial growth were conducted through 16S rRNA gene-targeted real time PCR analysis. The fermentation was monitored by the determination of short chain fatty acids (SCFA  by HPLC), lactate (HPLC), ammonia (colorimetric assay), carbohydrates assimilation (phenol-sulphuric method) and pH.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>L.sobrius</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic" lang=EN-US> populations did not vary significantly (p&lt;0.05), except in the presence of FOS</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US> (increased with H3 and decreased with P2 and P3). The utilization of carbohydrates and pH reductions were higher with human inoculum. The lowest pH values were achieved with FOS with both inocula. SCFA accumulations showed less variation intra pig group than intra human group. The fastest accumulation of SCFA with pig inoculum occurred with glucose, and the slowest with FOS, although maximum values were similar. For one human inoculum, there was a negative balance of SCFA accumulation with glucose (H3), and lactic and acetic acids were consumed by the microbiota from 7h to 24h of fermentation, possibly because of a methanogenic metabolism. The highest values of SCFA were obtained with FOS and TOS (H3). Ammonia values reduced mainly during the exponential carbohydrate assimilation with both inocula, although slowly with pig inoculum (except in the presence of FOS). </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Studies including the expression of genes related to the differential carbohydrates assimilation are recommended, as to unravel the mechanisms employed by <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">L. sobrius</I> and its interaction with the human and porcine intestinal microbiota, allowing, in the future, its use solely or in combination with prebiotics in pro- and symbiotic functional foods.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></font></p><br><b>Palavras-chave: </b>&nbsp;fructooligosaccharides, in vitro model, konjac glucomannan oligosaccharides, Lactobacillus sobrius, trans-galactooligosaccharides</td></tr></table></tr></td></table></body></html>