Metabolism characteristics of lactic acid bacteria and the expanding applications in food industry

Y Wang, J Wu, M Lv, Z Shao, M Hungwe… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lactic acid bacteria are a kind of microorganisms that can ferment carbohydrates to produce
lactic acid, and are currently widely used in the fermented food industry. In recent years, with …

Blautia—a new functional genus with potential probiotic properties?

X Liu, B Mao, J Gu, J Wu, S Cui, G Wang, J Zhao… - Gut …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Blautia is a genus of anaerobic bacteria with probiotic characteristics that occur widely in the
feces and intestines of mammals. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses, some …

Antimicrobial peptides: an update on classifications and databases

A Bin Hafeez, X Jiang, PJ Bergen, Y Zhu - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are distributed across all kingdoms of life and are an
indispensable component of host defenses. They consist of predominantly short cationic …

Bacteriocins as a new generation of antimicrobials: toxicity aspects and regulations

S Soltani, R Hammami, PD Cotter… - FEMS microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In recent decades, bacteriocins have received substantial attention as antimicrobial
compounds. Although bacteriocins have been predominantly exploited as food …

Antimicrobial peptides as therapeutic agents: Opportunities and challenges

M Mahlapuu, C Björn, J Ekblom - Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The rapid development of microbial resistance to conventional antibiotics has accelerated
efforts to find anti-infectives with a novel mode-of-action, which are less prone to bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Bovine mastitis: Risk factors, therapeutic strategies, and alternative treatments—A review

WN Cheng, SG Han - Asian-Australasian journal of animal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bovine mastitis, an inflammation of the mammary gland, is the most common disease of
dairy cattle causing economic losses due to reduced yield and poor quality of milk. The …

Application of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in sustainable agriculture: advantages and limitations

J Raman, JS Kim, KR Choi, H Eun, D Yang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are significant groups of probiotic organisms in fermented food
and are generally considered safe. LAB regulate soil organic matter and the biochemical …

Antimicrobial peptides, conventional antibiotics, and their synergistic utility for the treatment of drug‐resistant infections

Y Zhu, W Hao, X Wang, J Ouyang… - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defense peptides (HDPs), are important
effector immune defense molecules in multicellular organisms. AMPs exert their …

Overview of the Antimicrobial Compounds Produced by Members of the Bacillus subtilis Group

S Caulier, C Nannan, A Gillis, F Licciardi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Over the last seven decades, applications using members of the Bacillus subtilis group have
emerged in both food processes and crop protection industries. Their ability to form survival …

Lactic acid bacteria in raw-milk cheeses: From starter cultures to probiotic functions

MC Coelho, FX Malcata, CCG Silva - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Traditional cheeses produced from raw milk exhibit a complex microbiota, characterized by
a sequence of different microorganisms from milk coagulation and throughout maturation …