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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2004, p. 4635-4641, Vol. 70, No. 8
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4635-4641.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mining the Microbiota of the Neonatal Gastrointestinal Tract for Conjugated Linoleic Acid-Producing Bifidobacteria

E. Rosberg-Cody,1,2 R. P. Ross,1,3 S. Hussey,4 C. A. Ryan,4 B. P. Murphy,4 G. F. Fitzgerald,2,3 R. Devery,5 and C. Stanton1,3*

Biotechnology, Dairy Products Research Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy,1 Microbiology Department, University College Cork,2 Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre,3 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Erinville Hospital,4 School of Biotechnology, Dublin City UniversityCork, Ireland5

Received 2 October 2003/ Accepted 5 April 2004

This study was designed to isolate different strains of the genus Bifidobacterium from the fecal material of neonates and to assess their ability to produce the cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomer from free linoleic acid. Fecal material was collected from 24 neonates aged between 3 days and 2 months in a neonatal unit (Erinville Hospital, Cork, Ireland). A total of 46 isolates from six neonates were confirmed to be Bifidobacterium species based on a combination of the fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase assay, RAPD [random(ly) amplified polymorphic DNA] PCR, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and partial 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing. Interestingly, only 1 of the 11 neonates that had received antibiotic treatment produced bifidobacteria. PFGE after genomic digestion with the restriction enzyme XbaI demonstrated that the bifidobacteria population displayed considerable genomic diversity among the neonates, with each containing between one and five dominant strains, whereas 11 different macro restriction patterns were obtained. In only one case did a single strain appear in two neonates. All genetically distinct strains were then screened for CLA production after 72 h of incubation with 0.5 mg of free linoleic acid ml–1 by using gas-liquid chromatography. The most efficient producers belonged to the species Bifidobacterium breve, of which two different strains converted 29 and 27% of the free linoleic acid to the cis-9, trans-11 isomer per microgram of dry cells, respectively. In addition, a strain of Bifidobacterium bifidum showed a conversion rate of 18%/µg dry cells. The ability of some Bifidobacterium strains to produce CLA could be another human health-promoting property linked to members of the genus, given that this metabolite has demonstrated anticarcinogenic activity in vitro and in vivo.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Biotechnology, Dairy Products Research Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. Phone: 353-25-42606. Fax: 353-25-42340. E-mail: cstanton{at}moorepark.teagasc.ie.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2004, p. 4635-4641, Vol. 70, No. 8
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4635-4641.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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