412049

Antifungal activity of lactic acid bacteria in vitro and in situ as bio-preservative

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Last updated: 25 Feb 2025

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Dairy Science

Abstract

The rising concern over food safety and spoilage caused by fungal contamination has highlighted the need for natural and effective bio-preservatives. This study aimed to isolate and identify lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from dairy products with antifungal properties and to characterize their bioactive compounds for potential use as bio-preservatives. 208 isolates were isolated from the dairy products, from 80 LAB isolates, only four demonstrated the ability to inhibit the growth of Aspergillus flavus. The scope of the study was then expanded to assess the antifungal effects of these isolates against a broader range of fungal strains, including Aspergillus niger, Mucor sp., Rhizopus stolonifer, Alternaria citri, Aspergillus niger ch01, and Aspergillus flavus ch02. LAB isolate “B 50" exhibited the strongest antifungal activity, effectively inhibiting both fungal spore germination and mycelial growth. Molecular identification confirmed “B 50" as Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus. The shelf life of cheese slices with added supernatant of L. rhamnosus were longer than control. The cell-free supernatants of selected L. rhamnosus was identified and quantified as formic, lactic, acetic and succinic acids at concentration of 1.541, 18.535, 7.113 and 7.154 mg ml-1, respectively. The integration of both in vitro and in situ screening experiments allowed to selection the high significant strain L. rhamnosus target fungal growths of selected fungi, with antifungal activities as food bio-preservatives.

DOI

10.21608/ijds.2025.336815.1006

Keywords

antifungal activity, Bio-preservative, in vitro and in situ, L. rhamnosus, lactic acid bacteria

Authors

First Name

Neveen

Last Name

Arafat

MiddleName

Saad

Affiliation

Dairy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

neveen.saad_pgd@agr.suez.edu.eg

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abouelnaga

MiddleName

Ibrahium

Affiliation

Dairy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

mabouelnaga@hotmail.com

City

Ismaillia

Orcid

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First Name

Salem

Last Name

Abd El Ghani

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Dairy Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Email

ghani43@hotmail.com

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First Name

Magdy

Last Name

Osman

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Dairy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

mmagdy20@hotmail.com

City

Ismaillia

Orcid

0000-0001-6545-2495

Volume

11

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

48137

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2024-11-16

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

17

Page End

30

Print ISSN

2314-8012

Online ISSN

2636-2767

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https://ijds.journals.ekb.eg/article_412049.html

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609

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Ismailia Journal of Dairy Science & Technology

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https://ijds.journals.ekb.eg/

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Antifungal activity of lactic acid bacteria in vitro and in situ as bio-preservative

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25 Feb 2025