The food-gut axis: lactic acid bacteria and their link to food, the gut microbiome and human health

F De Filippis, E Pasolli, D Ercolini - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are present in foods, the environment and the animal gut,
although fermented foods (FFs) are recognized as the primary niche of LAB activity. Several …

Multi-product lactic acid bacteria fermentations: A review

JA Mora-Villalobos, J Montero-Zamora, N Barboza… - Fermentation, 2020 - mdpi.com
Industrial biotechnology is a continuously expanding field focused on the application of
microorganisms to produce chemicals using renewable sources as substrates. Currently, an …

A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae …

J Zheng, S Wittouck, E Salvetti… - … of systematic and …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
The genus Lactobacillus comprises 261 species (at March 2020) that are extremely diverse
at phenotypic, ecological and genotypic levels. This study evaluated the taxonomy of …

Scientific Opinion on the update of the list of QPS‐recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA (2017–2019)

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ)… - EFSA …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) was developed to provide a safety pre‐
assessment within EFSA for microorganisms. Strains belonging to QPS taxonomic units (TU …

A Genus Definition for Bacteria and Archaea Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index

RA Barco, GM Garrity, JJ Scott, JP Amend, KH Nealson… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Genus assignment is fundamental in the characterization of microbes, yet there is currently
no unambiguous way to demarcate genera solely using standard genomic relatedness …

Vegan probiotic products: A modern tendency or the newest challenge in functional foods

TC Pimentel, WKA Da Costa, CE Barão… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegan consumers represent an attractive economic target for the food industry with demand
of products with health benefits, such as probiotic products. This review aimed to explore the …

Strain-level epidemiology of microbial communities and the human microbiome

Y Yan, LH Nguyen, EA Franzosa, C Huttenhower - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
The biological importance and varied metabolic capabilities of specific microbial strains
have long been established in the scientific community. Strains have, in the past, been …

Improving end-user trust in the quality of commercial probiotic products

SA Jackson, JL Schoeni, C Vegge, M Pane… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In a rapidly growing global probiotic market, end-users have difficulty distinguishing
between high quality and poor quality products. This ambiguity threatens the trust …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Review of taxonomic changes in dairy-related lactobacilli

TS Oberg, DJ McMahon, MD Culumber… - Journal of Dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The genus Lactobacillus has represented an extremely large and diverse collection of
bacteria that populate a wide range of habitats, and which may have industrial applications …

Competitive exclusion is a major bioprotective mechanism of lactobacilli against fungal spoilage in fermented milk products

S Siedler, MH Rau, S Bidstrup, JM Vento… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A prominent feature of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) is their ability to inhibit growth
of spoilage organisms in food, but hitherto research efforts to establish the mechanisms …