Vaginal microbiota and the potential of Lactobacillus derivatives in maintaining vaginal health

WJY Chee, SY Chew, LTL Than - Microbial cell factories, 2020 - Springer
Human vagina is colonised by a diverse array of microorganisms that make up the normal
microbiota and mycobiota. Lactobacillus is the most frequently isolated microorganism from …

Bacteriocins: properties and potential use as antimicrobials

A Darbandi, A Asadi, M Mahdizade Ari… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A variety of bacteriocins originate from lactic acid bacteria, which have recently been
modified by scientists. Many strains of lactic acid bacteria related to food groups could …

Fermentation of plant‐based dairy alternatives by lactic acid bacteria

AR Harper, RCJ Dobson, VK Morris… - Microbial …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ethical, environmental and health concerns around dairy products are driving a fast‐growing
industry for plant‐based dairy alternatives, but undesirable flavours and textures in available …

Sex-and age-related trajectories of the adult human gut microbiota shared across populations of different ethnicities

X Zhang, H Zhong, Y Li, Z Shi, H Ren, Z Zhang, X Zhou… - Nature Aging, 2021 - nature.com
Lifelong sex-and age-related trajectories of the human gut microbiota remain largely
unexplored. Using metagenomics, we derived the gut microbial composition of 2,338 adults …

Traditional cheeses: Rich and diverse microbiota with associated benefits

MC Montel, S Buchin, A Mallet, C Delbes-Paus… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The risks and benefits of traditional cheeses, mainly raw milk cheeses, are rarely set out
objectively, whence the recurrent confused debate over their pros and cons. This review …

The intricate symbiotic relationship between lactic acid bacterial starters in the milk fermentation ecosystem

S Yang, M Bai, LY Kwok, Z Zhong… - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Fermentation is one of the most effective methods of food preservation. Since ancient times,
food has been fermented using lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Fermented milk is a very intricate …

Physicochemical, rheological and digestive characteristics of soy protein isolate gel induced by lactic acid bacteria

X Yang, C Ke, L Li - Journal of Food Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Influence of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on gel characteristics of fermentation-induced soy
protein isolate (SPI) gel, including hardness, water holding capacity (WHC), pH, solubility …

Gut microbiome signatures of vegan, vegetarian and omnivore diets and associated health outcomes across 21,561 individuals

G Fackelmann, P Manghi, N Carlino, V Heidrich… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
As plant-based diets gain traction, interest in their impacts on the gut microbiome is growing.
However, little is known about diet-pattern-specific metagenomic profiles across …

Some current applications, limitations and future perspectives of lactic acid bacteria as probiotics

SE Evivie, GC Huo, JO Igene, X Bian - Food & nutrition research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Several mechanism and non-mechanism-based studies supporting the claim that lactic acid
bacteria (LAB) strains confer health benefits and play immune-modulatory roles were …

From field to fermentation: the origins of Lactococcus lactis and its domestication to the dairy environment

D Cavanagh, GF Fitzgerald, O McAuliffe - Food microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Lactococcus lactis is an organism of substantial economic importance, used extensively in
the production of fermented foods and widely held to have evolved from plant strains. The …