Selective enumeration of Bacteroides vulgatus and B. distasonis organisms in the predominant human fecal flora by using monoclonal antibodies.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
G CorthierR L'Haridon

Abstract

The genus Bacteroides represents about one-third of the isolates from human fecal samples. The proportions of the different species are difficult to estimate because there is no method for rapid identification of mixtures of anaerobes. Monoclonal antibodies against Bacteroides vulgatus and B. distasonis were prepared. They did not react with the other Bacteroides species of the B. fragilis group. These reagents allowed direct enumeration of B. vulgatus and B. diastasonis organisms in human fecal samples. Anaerobic bacteria resistant to 1-h contact with air were enumerated in fecal human samples, a filter was layered on the colonies, and then B. vulgatus colonies were identified by an immunoassay performed with the prepared monoclonal antibodies. Healthy human adult volunteers were tested. Most of them harbored B. vulgatus at high levels, while the B. distasonis levels were always lower. Kinetic studies suggested that time variations for each volunteer were small. The simplified quantification of Bacteroides strains at the species level described here will prove useful in complementing our knowledge of the factors which may influence the predominant human fecal flora.

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May 17, 2013·The ISME Journal·Lionel Rigottier-Gois
Sep 26, 2001·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·P MarteauG Corthier

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