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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2009, p. 1790-1792, Vol. 75, No. 6
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01943-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Interaction between Lactic Acid Bacteria and Mycobacterium bovis in Ethiopian Fermented Milk: Insight into the Fate of M. bovis

Solomon H. Mariam^*

Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Received 20 August 2008/ Accepted 12 January 2009

Mycobacterium bovis causes tuberculosis in animals and humans. Infected cows can transmit the bacillus to humans via milk. Milk also contains lactic acid bacteria (LAB). LAB isolated from milk were put in milk cultures together with spiked M. bovis. Different LAB had different abilities to reduce M. bovis counts, as M. bovis was undetectable in some while it persisted in two of the cultures.

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* Mailing address: AHRI, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Phone: 251 11 321 1332. Fax: 251 11 321 1563. E-mail: solomonic2000{at}hotmail.com

Published ahead of print on 23 January 2009.

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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2009, p. 1790-1792, Vol. 75, No. 6
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01943-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.