A sweeter pill to swallow: a review of honey bees and honey as a source of probiotic and prebiotic products

S Mustar, N Ibrahim - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey bees and honey, have been the subject of study for decades due to their importance
in improving health. At times, some of the probiotics may be transferred to the honey stored …

Lactic acid bacteria: Isolation–characterization approaches and industrial applications

H Meruvu, ST Harsa - Critical Reviews in Food Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The current state-of-art research pertaining to lactic acid bacteria (LAB) calls for the
screening and isolation of robust LAB strains to achieve holistic exploitation of LAB and their …

Impact of fermentation processes on the bioactive profile and health-promoting properties of bee bread, mead and honey vinegar

R Mărgăoan, M Cornea-Cipcigan, E Topal, M Kösoğlu - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, an increasing interest is paid to bee products obtained as a result of the
fermentation process. Some of them can be consumed directly (bee-collected pollen, honey …

Probiotic capability of novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from worker honey bees gut microbiota

HM Elzeini, ARAA Ali, NF Nasr… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The study aimed to evaluate the probiotic and safety properties of lactic acid bacterial (LAB)
strains isolated from the gut microbiota of honey bee Apis mellifera L., since this source …

The Gut Microbiota at Different Developmental Stages of Apis cerana Reveals Potential Probiotic Bacteria for Improving Honeybee Health

PT Lanh, BTT Duong, HT Thu, NT Hoa, MS Yoo… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honeybees play a vital role in the ecological environment and agricultural economy.
Increasing evidence shows that the gut microbiome greatly influences the host's health …

Probiotic characteristics of Pediococcus pentosaceus and Apilactobacillus kunkeei strains: the lactic acid bacteria isolated from Bangladeshi natural honey

J Ferdouse, S Paul, T Chowdhury, F Ali… - Appl Food …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract Background and Objective: Lactic acid bacteria are known for their strong probiotic
effects on the hosts. The probiotic characterization of lactic acid bacteria from Bangladeshi …

Enterococcus faecium Regulates Honey Bee Developmental Genes

Y Du, S Luo, X Zhou - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Honey bees provide essential pollination services to the terrestrial ecosystem and produce
important agricultural products. As a beneficial lactic acid bacterium, Enterococcus faecium …

Antibacterial activity of exopolysaccharide produced by bee gut-resident Enterococcus sp. BE11 against marine fish pathogens

EH Zaghloul, MIA Ibrahim, HAH Zaghloul - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Background In recent years, the demand for innovative antimicrobial agents has grown,
considering the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in aquaculture. Adult Apis mellifera …

Beneficial effect of honeybee-specific lactic acid bacteria on health and activity of Apis mellifera L. colonies

YE Elenany, AAM Hassan - Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2023 - Springer
Background Objective of this work was to investigate the impact of isolated honeybee-
specific-lactic acid bacteria (Hbs-LAB) that isolated from worker's bee intestinal tracts on bee …

[HTML][HTML] Honey bee gut an unexpected niche of human pathogen

SI Anjum, F Aldakheel, AH Shah, S Khan… - Journal of King Saud …, 2021 - Elsevier
The gut microbiota of honey bees (Apis mellifera) can be symbiotic or pathogenic and
therefore, important for bee survival and honey production. To study gut cultivable bacteria …