View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Digital.CSIC 1 Title: Evaluation of the functional potential of Weissella and Lactobacillus isolates obtained from 2 Nigerian traditional fermented foods and cow´s intestine. 3 4 Authors: Funmilola A. Ayenia,b, Borja Sáncheza, Bolanle A. Adeniyib, Clara G. de los Reyes- 5 Gavilána, Abelardo Margollesa, and Patricia Ruas-Madiedoa,* 6 7 Addresses: 8 a Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products. Instituto de Productos 9 Lácteos de Asturias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPLA-CSIC). 10 Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain. 11 b Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, 12 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. 13 14 * Corresponding author: Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias, Consejo Superior de 15 Investigaciones Científicas (IPLA-CSIC). Carretera de Infiesto s/n, 33300 Villaviciosa, Asturias, 16 Spain. 17 Tel.: +34 985892131, Fax: +34 985892233, E-mail:
[email protected] 18 1 19 ABSTRACT 20 The characterization of 24 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolates from Nigerian traditional 21 fermented dairy foods, including some cow´s intestine isolates, was conducted in order to select 22 isolates for potential use as probiotics. LAB isolates were identified by partial sequencing the 23 16S rRNA gene as belonging to the species Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus brevis and 24 mainly Weissella confusa. At the end of a characterization process, 2 L. paracasei and 2 W. 25 confusa isolates were selected, and their resistance to a simulated gastrointestinal digestion and 26 their ability to adhere to eukaryotic cell lines was assessed.