Prevalence and Antimicrobial Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Nigerian Women During the Menstrual Cycle

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volume 68 (2019): Issue 2 (June 2019)

By:

FOLASHADE GRACE ADEOSHUN, WERNER RUPPITSCH, FRANZ ALLERBERGER and FUNMILOLA ABIDEMI AYENI

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|Jun 2019

Figures & Tables

Inhibition of in vitro growth of Staphylococcus sp. GF01 by L. brevis GF021, L. fermentum GF002, L. plantarum GF011, and L. fermentum GF019 after 24 h – coincubation.

Inhibition of in vitro growth of Staphylococcus sp. GF01 by L. brevis GF021, L. fermentum GF002, L. plantarum GF011, and L. fermentum GF019 at 8 and 24 h of coincubation.

Determination of the antimicrobial activity of the cell-free supernatant and viable cells_

	Cell-free supernatant			Viable Cell^*
	P. aeruginosa GF01	Klebsiella sp. GF01	Staphylococcus sp. GF01	P. aeruginosa GR01	Klebsiella sp. GR01	Staphylococcus sp. GF01
L. fermentum GF002	16	12	20	20	15	20
A. pasteurianus GF004	20	13	0	20	18	12
L. plantarum GF005	15	14	0	18	20	0
L. fermentum GF006	15	14	12	18	20	15
L. plantarum GF007	20	10	15	20	15	18
L. fermentum GF008	15	15	15	20	18	18
L. plantarum GF009	10	12	13	19	20	15
L. plantarum GF010	20	12	10	15	20	20
L. plantarum GF011	22	13	17	20	16	20
L. fermentum GF012	19	14	0	20	20	18
L. fermentum GF013	22	12	0	13	18	20
L. plantarum GF015	18	10	0	20	15	20
L. plantarum GF016	19	12	0	20	20	20
L. fermentum GF018	19	20	20	20	20	15
L. fermentum GF019	18	20	16	20	15	20
L. brevis GF021	19	20	15	20	20	20
L. plantarum GF022	8	10	0	0	20	15
L. plantarum GF023	10	0	0	12	15	0
L. fermentum GF024	14	13	15	12	15	15
L. plantarum GF025	10	15	0	10	18	0
L. fermentum GF026	0	18	0	0	18	0
L. plantarum GF029	0	0	0	0	0	0
L. plantarum GF030	0	0	0	10	0	0
B. safensis GF031	0	13	0	10	15	0
L. plantarum GF032	0	10	0	0	10	0
L. plantarum GF033	0	18	18	10	18	18
L. plantarum GF036	0	10	0	0	12	0

Evaluation of the LAB counts at different stages of the menstrual cycle_

Week	Menstruation Period		Safe Period		Ovulation Period
Week	Total CFU/ml	LAB CFU/ml	Total CFU/ml	LAB CFU/ml	Total CFU/ml	LAB CFU/ml
1	1.02 × 10⁸	4.2 × 10⁷	1.81 × 10¹⁰	9.3 × 109	2.22 × 10¹⁰	1.51 × 10¹⁰
2	5.6 × 10⁷	1.0 × 10⁶	1.91 × 10¹⁰	5.2 × 109	1.90 × 10¹⁰	1.14 × 10¹⁰
3	7.8 × 10⁷	1.2 × 10⁶	1.89 × 10¹⁰	7.4 × 109	2.53 × 10¹⁰	1.51 × 10¹⁰
4	7.0 × 10⁷	2.2 × 10⁶	1.87 × 10¹⁰	1.89 × 10¹⁰	9.8 × 109	−
5	9.2 × 10⁷	1.4 × 10⁶	1.52 × 10¹⁰	4.2 × 109	1.87 × 10¹⁰	1.02 × 10¹⁰
6	6.1 × 10⁷	8 × 10⁵	8.3 × 109	3.0 × 109	1.12 × 10¹⁰	7.6 × 109
7	1.13 × 10⁸	2.5 × 10⁶	2.11 × 10¹⁰	5.4 × 109	3.26 × 10¹⁰	1.02 × 10¹⁰
8	2.0 × 10³	Nil	1.05 × 10⁴	−	1.05 × 10⁴	Nil
9	3.8 × 10³	Nil	8.5 × 10³	−	5.8 × 10³	Nil
10	4.2 × 10³	Nil	1.12 × 10⁴	−	8.5 × 10³	Nil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2019-020 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331

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Language: English

Page range: 203 - 209

Submitted on: Dec 7, 2018

Accepted on: Feb 1, 2019

Published on: Jun 28, 2019

Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

menstrual cycle,

Nigerian women,

Related subjects:

Microbiology and virology

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