Lactic acid bacteria constitute a diverse group of industrially significant, safe microorganisms
that are primarily used as starter cultures and probiotics, and are also being developed as …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have a long history of use in the food industry. Some species are
part of the normal human microbiota and have beneficial properties for human health. Their …

While lactic acid producing fermentation has been utilized to improve the storability,
palatability, and nutritive value of perishable foods for a very long time, only recently have …

The immune-modulating properties of certain bifidobacterial strains, such as Bifidobacterium
longum subsp. longum 35624 (B. longum 35624), have been well described, although the …

Genetically modified Lactococcus lactis secreting interleukin 10 provides a therapeutic
approach for inflammatory bowel disease. However, the release of such genetically modified …

A number of bifidobacterial species are found at a particularly high prevalence and
abundance in faecal samples of healthy breastfed infants, a phenomenon that is believed to …

Lactobacilli are major inhabitants of the normal microflora of the gastrointestinal tract, and
some select species have been used extensively as probiotic cultures. One potentially …

Background Bifidobacteria constitute a specific group of commensal bacteria that commonly
inhabit the mammalian gastrointestinal tract. Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 was …

The ability to efficiently generate targeted point mutations in the chromosome without the
need for antibiotics, or other means of selection, is a powerful strategy for genome …

In this study, we demonstrate that the prototype B. breve strain UCC2003 possesses specific
metabolic pathways for the utilisation of lacto-N-tetraose (LNT) and lacto-N-neotetraose …