Inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis are complex multifactorial diseases of unknown etiology. The etiological role of the sulfate-reducing bacteria Desulfovibrio piger Vib-7 and Desulfomicrobium sp. Rod-9 in the development of these inflammatory diseases in rats was studied. Applying sulfate-reducing bacteria, ulcerative colitis in the animals was experimentally induced at the fist time. In total 45 animals in three groups were separated and used in this experiment. Animals in the first group received the standard diet containing a special certified feed for rats and were used as a control. The second group received the standard feed and a dose (1 ml per each day) of modified Kravtsov-Sorokin's liquid medium for the initiation of own potential animal intestinal microflora of sulfate-reducing bacteria. The third group of the animals received the standard feed and dose of a suspension with D. piger Vib-7 and Desulfomicrobium sp. Rod-9 (at a ratio of 1 to 1) in the medium. The changes in the colonic microbiota under these conditions were studied. The bacteria belonging to the normal colonic microbiota were associated with the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis. The concentration of sulfide and acetate in feces from different sections of the large intestine of the rats was determined. The level of ulcerations in the second and third groups of sick animals under the specific conditions was demonstrated. The described experimental results could be particularly useful for the study of inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis and its therapeutic strategy. These data are also indispensable to apply into mechanistic details that will facilitate better preclinical drug/therapy design to target specific components involved in the disease pathogenesis.

sulfate-reducing bacteria, sulfide, acetate, inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis