Author:
Pacini Stefania,Ruggiero Marco
Abstract
AbstractBacteriophages (phages), Earth’s most numerous biological entities, are natural constituents of alimentary matrices; in this study we describe the characterization of phage populations in a product obtained by fermentation of bovine milk and colostrum. Such characterizations were achieved using a microarray consisting of a chip covered in short DNA sequences that are specific to certain target organisms for a total of approximately 12,000 species. The only viruses evidenced by the array belonged to Siphoviridae, the largest phage family that targets bacteria and archea. The array yielded 27 iterations corresponding to a unique target. We discuss the putative role of some open reading frames of these phages in conferring health-supporting properties with particular reference to cells signaling and neurological development. We also describe the in vitro interaction of this fermented product with alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase, an enzyme whose activity in serum is elevated in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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