Anastasia Sykoudi

Ms. Anastasia Sykoudi

University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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13 October 2023 in Microorganisms
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DKDespoina Eugenia Kiousi
Despoina Eugenia Kiousi
Dimitrios Marinos Georgios KaradedosDimitrios Marinos Georgios Karadedos
Dimitrios Marinos Georgios Karadedos
ASAnastasia Sykoudi
Anastasia Sykoudi
PRPanagiotis Repanas Repanas
Panagiotis Repanas Repanas
Christina KamarinouChristina Kamarinou
Christina Kamarinou
Alex GalanisAlex Galanis
Alex Galanis
Probiotics are microorganisms that exert strain-specific health-promoting effects on the host. Τhey are employed in the production of functional dairy or non-dairy food products; still, their detection in these complex matrices is a challenging task. Several culture-dependent and culture-independent methods have been developed in this direction; however, they present low discrimination at the strain level. Here, we developed a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of two potential probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum L125 and Lp. pentosus L33, in monocultures and yogurt samples. Unique genomic regions were identified via comparative genomic analysis and were used to produce strain-specific primers. Then, primer sets were selected that produced distinct electrophoretic DNA banding patterns in multiplex PCR for each target strain. This method was further implemented for the detection of the two strains in yogurt samples, highlighting its biotechnological applicability. Moreover, it can be applied with appropriate modifications to detect any bacterial strain with available WGS.