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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2008, p. 6814-6817, Vol. 74, No. 21
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01106-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Distribution of Different Species of the Bacteroides fragilis Group in Individuals with Japanese Cedar Pollinosis{triangledown}

Toshitaka Odamaki,1* Jin-Zhong Xiao,1 Mitsuo Sakamoto,2 Shizuki Kondo,1 Tomoko Yaeshima,1 Keiji Iwatsuki,1 Hideo Togashi,3 Tadao Enomoto,4 and Yoshimi Benno2

Food Science and Technology Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan,1 Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Saitama, Japan,2 Togashi Clinic, Kanagawa, Japan,3 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan4

Received 16 May 2008/ Accepted 5 September 2008

We investigated associations of species of the Bacteroides fragilis group with Japanese cedar pollinosis (JCPsis). Cell numbers of Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides intestinalis were significantly higher in JCPsis subjects than in non-JCPsis subjects before the pollen season. They correlated positively with both symptom scores and JCPsis-specific immunoglobulin E levels.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Food Science and Technology Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 228-8583, Japan. Phone: 81-46-252-3047. Fax: 81-46-252-3055. E-mail: t-odamak{at}morinagamilk.co.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 12 September 2008.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2008, p. 6814-6817, Vol. 74, No. 21
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01106-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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