Insight into the Possible Use of the Predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a Probiotic

Bonfiglio, Giulia; Neroni, Bruna; Radocchia, Giulia; Marazzato, Massimiliano; Pantanella, Fabrizio; Schippa, Serena

doi:10.3390/nu12082252

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Insight into the Possible Use of the Predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a Probiotic

by

Giulia Bonfiglio

^†,

Bruna Neroni

^†,

Giulia Radocchia

,

Massimiliano Marazzato

,

Fabrizio Pantanella

^‡

and

Serena Schippa

^*,‡

Public Health and Infectious Diseases Department, Microbiology section, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Roma, Italy

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Giulia Bonfiglio and Bruna Neroni contributed equally to this work.

^‡

Fabrizio Pantanella and Serena Schippa contributed equally to this work.

Nutrients 2020, 12(8), 2252; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082252

Submission received: 28 May 2020 / Revised: 23 July 2020 / Accepted: 24 July 2020 / Published: 28 July 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Role of Prebiotics and Probiotics in Health and Disease)

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Abstract

The gut microbiota is a complex microbial ecosystem that coexists with the human organism in the intestinal tract. The members of this ecosystem live together in a balance between them and the host, contributing to its healthy state. Stress, aging, and antibiotic therapies are the principal factors affecting the gut microbiota composition, breaking the mutualistic relationship among microbes and resulting in the overgrowth of potential pathogens. This condition, called dysbiosis, has been linked to several chronic pathologies. In this review, we propose the use of the predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a possible probiotic to prevent or counteract dysbiotic outcomes and look at the findings of previous research.

Keywords: predator; probiotic; ecological equilibrator; microbiota; dysbiosis

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Bonfiglio, G.; Neroni, B.; Radocchia, G.; Marazzato, M.; Pantanella, F.; Schippa, S. Insight into the Possible Use of the Predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a Probiotic. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2252. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082252

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Bonfiglio G, Neroni B, Radocchia G, Marazzato M, Pantanella F, Schippa S. Insight into the Possible Use of the Predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a Probiotic. Nutrients. 2020; 12(8):2252. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082252

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Bonfiglio, Giulia, Bruna Neroni, Giulia Radocchia, Massimiliano Marazzato, Fabrizio Pantanella, and Serena Schippa. 2020. "Insight into the Possible Use of the Predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a Probiotic" Nutrients 12, no. 8: 2252. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082252

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Bonfiglio, G., Neroni, B., Radocchia, G., Marazzato, M., Pantanella, F., & Schippa, S. (2020). Insight into the Possible Use of the Predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a Probiotic. Nutrients, 12(8), 2252. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082252

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