Due to the importance of using cost-effective methods for therapeutic purposes, the function
of probiotics as safe microorganisms and the study of their relevant functional mechanisms …

Antibiotics and probiotics are widely used as growth promoters in agriculture. Most
antibiotics prescribed in clinical practice are natural products that originate from …

Background: Genus and species level analysis is the best way to characterize alterations in
the human gut microbiota that are associated with obesity, because the clustering of obese …

Abstract Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are a functional group of microorganisms comprising
Gram-positive, catalase negative bacteria that produce lactic acid as the major metabolic …

The ability of bacteria to adapt to diverse environmental conditions is well‐known. The
process of bacterial adaptation to a niche has been linked to large changes in the genome …

The development of functional foods containing probiotics has experienced a great boom in
the last years, reflected by the increasing number of novel products available at the market …

For many years, bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) have received considerable scientific
attention, mainly due to their contribution to biofilm formation and, above all, because EPS …

Lactobacilli are found in a wide variety of habitats. Four species, Lactobacillus crispatus, L.
gasseri, L. iners, and L. jensenii, are common and abundant in the human vagina and …

Genome analysis using next generation sequencing technologies has revolutionized the
characterization of lactic acid bacteria and complete genomes of all major groups are now …

Probiotic supplementation is a potential therapeutic for metabolic diseases including
obesity, metabolic syndrome (MetS), and Type 2 diabetes (T2D), but most studies deliver …