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Journal Article
The genomic basis of the Streptococcus thermophilus health-promoting properties
2022
Overview
Background
Streptococcus thermophilus
is a Gram-positive bacterium widely used as starter in the dairy industry as well as in many traditional fermented products. In addition to its technological importance, it has also gained interest in recent years as beneficial bacterium due to human health-promoting functionalities. The objective of this study was to inventory the main health-promoting properties of
S. thermophilus
and to study their intra-species diversity at the genomic and genetic level within a collection of representative strains.
Results
In this study various health-related functions were analyzed at the genome level from 79 genome sequences of strains isolated over a long time period from diverse products and different geographic locations. While some functions are widely conserved among isolates (e.g., degradation of lactose, folate production) suggesting their central physiological and ecological role for the species, others including the tagatose-6-phosphate pathway involved in the catabolism of galactose, and the production of bioactive peptides and gamma-aminobutyric acid are strain-specific. Most of these strain-specific health-promoting properties seems to have been acquired via horizontal gene transfer events. The genetic basis for the phenotypic diversity between strains for some health related traits have also been investigated. For instance, substitutions in the
galK
promoter region correlate with the ability of some strains to catabolize galactose via the Leloir pathway. Finally, the low occurrence in
S. thermophilus
genomes of genes coding for biogenic amine production and antibiotic resistance is also a contributing factor to its safety status.
Conclusions
The natural intra-species diversity of
S. thermophilus
, therefore, represents an interesting source for innovation in the field of fermented products enriched for healthy components that can be exploited to improve human health. A better knowledge of the health-promoting properties and their genomic and genetic diversity within the species may facilitate the selection and application of strains for specific biotechnological and human health-promoting purpose. Moreover, by pointing out that a substantial part of its functional potential still defies us, our work opens the way to uncover additional health-related functions through the intra-species diversity exploration of
S. thermophilus
by comparative genomics approaches.
Publisher
BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,BMC
