WANG Xiao, HU Yunlong, XU Weihui, WANG Zhigang
To evaluate the probiotic characteristics and safety of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum WX-1 from duck manure and explore its potential bacteriocin coding gene cluster, WX-1 was tested for its acid and bile salt tolerance, bacteriostasis, self-aggregation and co-aggregation, antibiotic resistance and hemolysis.The genome of WX-1 was sequenced and analyzed.The genome data were searched through the database of antiSMASH and BAGEL 4 to predict the bacteriocin gene cluster and explore the potential mechanism.The results showed that L.plantarum WX-1 had a good tolerance to acid and bile salts, and the survival rate was (61.29±3.48)% at pH 3.After being cultured for 4 h at bile salt concentrations of 3, 6, 9 and 12 mg/mL, the number of viable bacteria was (1.05±0.03)×108, (1.17±0.21)×108, (1.25±0.02)×108, and (1.33±0.27)×108 CFU/mL, respectively.It had high bacteriostatic ability against Staphylococcus aureus, and the bacteriostatic rate was (72.30±0.62)%.It had high self-aggregation and co-aggregation abilities, which were (44.29±4.47)%, and (11.13±4.23)%, respectively.WX-1 was sensitive to kanamycin and other antibiotics, and it did not exhibit hemolysis.The results of genome sequencing showed that the genome size of L.plantarum WX-1 was 3 241 479 bp, the GC content was 44.58%, and it encoded 3 052 genes.The genome was annotated with specific genes related to the biosynthesis of B vitamins, acid tolerance of strains, related genes, bile salt resistance of bacteria, bacterial adhesion ability, and playing a role in regulating host immune response.Strain WX-1 was predicted to have four kinds of secondary metabolites gene clusters, including ribosome synthesis and post-translation modified peptides, type III polyketides, terpenes and cyclic-lactone-autoinducer.A gene cluster for synthesizing class Ⅱb bacteriocin Plantaricin KJ, Plantaricin N, Plantaricin A and Plantaricin EF was predicted by BAGEL 4, which met the prerequisite for bacteriocin production.This study shows that L.plantarum WX-1 has good probiotic characteristics and safety, meets the prerequisite for bacteriocin production, and has the potential for further performance mining and application expansion.