Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are beneficial microbes known for their health-promoting
properties. LAB are well known for their ability to produce substantial amounts of bioactive …

In the 21st century, compressive health and functional foods are advocated by increasingly
more people in order to eliminate sub-health conditions. Probiotics and postbiotics have …

Postbiotics are bioactive substances that are useful and are produced during fermentation in
the matrix. Postbiotics are under a fragile balance in our body, excessive metabolities, may it …

Pathogens found in food are believed to be the leading cause of foodborne illnesses; and
they are considered a serious problem with global ramifications. During the last few …

Weissella is a genus earlier considered a member of the family Leuconostocaceae, which
was reclassified into the family Lactobacillaceae in 1993. Recently, there have been studies …

Background Our growing appreciation of the functional significance of the human microbiota
in health and disease has triggered a marked interest in bacterial-derived extracellular …

Postbiotics, which are bioactive substances derived from the metabolic processes of
beneficial microbes, have received considerable attention in the field of microbiome science …

Metabolic by-products are part of the so-called postbiotics of probiotics and other beneficial
microorganisms, particularly lactic acid bacteria, which have gained popularity as a feasible …

The maintenance of intestinal barrier function is essential for preventing different
pathologies, such as the leaky gut syndrome (LGS), which is characterized by the passage …

Postbiotics are (i)“soluble factors secreted by live bacteria, or released after bacterial lysis,
such as enzymes, peptides, teichoic acids, peptidoglycan-derived muropeptides …