Bacillus coagulans

Bacillus coagulans (Weizmannia coagulans) is a lactic acid–forming bacterial species first isolated and described in 1915 by B.W. Hammer at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station as a cause of an outbreak of coagulation in evaporated milk packed by an Iowa condensary.[1] Separately isolated in 1935 and described as Lactobacillus sporogenes in the fifth edition of Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, it exhibits characteristics typical of both genera Lactobacillus and Bacillus; its taxonomic position between the families Lactobacillaceae and Bacillaceae was often debated. However, in the seventh edition of Bergey's, it was finally transferred to the genus Bacillus. DNA-based technology was used in distinguishing between the two genera of bacteria, which are morphologically similar and possess similar physiological and biochemical characteristics.[2][3]

Bacillus coagulans
Gram stain of Bacillus coagulans.
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Bacillus
Species:
B. coagulans
Binomial name
Bacillus coagulans
Hammer, 1915

Bacillus coagulans is a Gram-positive, catalase-positive, spore-forming, motile, facultative anaerobe rod that measures approximately 0.9 μm by 3.0 μm to 5.0 μm. It may appear Gram negative when entering the stationary phase of growth. The optimum temperature for growth is 50 °C (122 °F); the range of temperatures tolerated is 30–55 °C (86–131 °F). IMViC tests VP and MR (methyl red) are positive.

This species has been recently transferred into the genus Weizmannia.[4]

Uses

Bacillus coagulans has been added by the EFSA to their Qualified Presumption of Safety list[5] and has been approved for veterinary purposes as GRAS by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine, as well as by the European Union, and is listed by AAFCO for use as a direct-fed microbial in livestock production. It is often used in veterinary applications, especially as a probiotic in pigs, cattle, poultry, and shrimp. Many references to use of this bacterium in humans exist, especially in improving the vaginal flora,[6][7][8] improving abdominal pain and bloating in irritable bowel syndrome patients,[9] and increasing immune response to viral challenges.[10] There is evidence from animal research that suggests that Bacillus coagulans is effective in both treating as well as preventing recurrence of clostridium difficile associated diarrhea.[11] Further, one animal research study showed that it can alter inflammatory processes in the context of multiple sclerosis.[12] One strain of this bacterium has also been assessed for safety as a food ingredient.[13] Spores are activated in the acidic environment of the stomach and begin germinating and proliferating in the intestine. Sporeforming B. coagulans strains are used in some countries as probiotics for patients on antibiotics .[14]

Marketing

Bacillus coagulans is often marketed as Lactobacillus sporogenes or a 'sporeforming lactic acid bacterium' probiotic, but this is an outdated name due to taxonomic changes in 1939. Although B. coagulans does produce L+lactic acid, the bacterium used in these products is not a lactic-acid bacterium, as Bacillus species do not belong to the lactic acid bacteria. By definition, lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium) do not form spores. Therefore, using the name Lactobacillus sporogenes is scientifically incorrect.[2][15]

References
  • Hong, H. A.; Duc, L. H.; Cutting, S. M. (2005). "The use of bacterial spore formers as probiotics". FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 29 (4): 813–835. doi:10.1016/j.femsre.2004.12.001. PMID 16102604. Archived from the original on 2009-08-01.

Notes
  1. Hammer, B. W. 1915. Bacteriological studies on the coagulation of evaporated milk. Iowa Agric. Exp. Stn. Res. Bull. 19:119-131
  2. "Lactobacillus sporogenes a probiotioc species ?". www.food-info.net.
  3. "Official list of bacterial names". Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  4. Gupta, Radhey S.; Patel, Sudip; Saini, Navneet; Chen, Shu (2020-11-01). "Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5753–5798. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004475. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 33112222.
  5. "The maintenance of the list of QPS microorganisms intentionally added to food or feed". Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards.
  6. Sanders, M. E.; Morelli, L.; Tompkins, T. A. (2003). "Sporeformers as Human Probiotics: Bacillus, Sporolactobacillus, and Brevibacillus". Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 2 (3): 101–110. doi:10.1111/j.1541-4337.2003.tb00017.x. PMID 33451235.
  7. Hong, Duc & Cutting 2005
  8. "LACTOBACILLUS SPOROGENES OR BACILLUS COAGULANS: MISIDENTIFICATION OR MISLABELLING?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  9. Hun, L. (2009). "Bacillus coagulans significantly improved abdominal pain and bloating in patients with IBS". Postgraduate Medicine. 121 (2): 119–124. doi:10.3810/pgm.2009.03.1984. PMID 19332970. S2CID 7698543.
  10. Baron, M. (2009). "A patented strain of Bacillus coagulans increased immune response to viral challenge". Postgraduate Medicine. 121 (2): 114–118. doi:10.3810/pgm.2009.03.1971. PMID 19332969. S2CID 38408989.
  11. Fitzpatrick, LR. (Aug 2013). "Probiotics for the treatment of Clostridium difficile associated disease". World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. 4 (3): 47–52. doi:10.4291/wjgp.v4.i3.47. PMC 3740259. PMID 23946887.
  12. Sadeghirashed, Saba; Kazemi, Fatemeh; Taheri, Saba; Ebrahimi, Maryam Tajabadi; Arasteh, Javad (2021-11-10). "A novel probiotic strain exerts therapeutic effects on mouse model of multiple sclerosis by altering the expression of inflammasome and IDO genes and modulation of T helper cytokine profile". Metabolic Brain Disease. 37 (1): 197–207. doi:10.1007/s11011-021-00857-7. ISSN 0885-7490. PMID 34757579. S2CID 243939724.
  13. Endres, J. R.; Clewell, A.; Jade, K. A.; Farber, T.; Hauswirth, J.; Schauss, A. G. (2009). "Safety assessment of a proprietary preparation of a novel Probiotic, Bacillus coagulans, as a food ingredient". Food and Chemical Toxicology. 47 (6): 1231–1238. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2009.02.018. PMC 2726964. PMID 19248815.
  14. Bomko TV, Nosalskaya TN, Kabluchko TV, Lisnyak YV, Martynov AV (2017). "Immunotropic aspect of the Bacillus coagulans probiotic action". Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 69 (8): 1033–40. doi:10.1111/jphp.12726. PMID 28397382. S2CID 4738876.
  15. Sanders, Mary Ellen; Morelli, Lorenzo; Bush, Scott (14 August 2001). "Lactobacillus sporogenes Is Not a Lactobacillus Probiotic". ASM News. 67 (8). Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
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