Diet is widely recognized as a key contributor to human gut microbiome composition and function. However, overall nutrition can be difficult to compare across a population with varying diets. Moreover, the role of food security in the relationship with overall nutrition and the gut microbiome is...
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Bixby, M.; Gennings, C.; Malecki, K. M. C.; Sethi, A. K.; Safdar, N.; Peppard, P. E.; Eggers, S.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Nutrients, 2022, 14, 16,
Background: Microorganism-based strategies have emerged as agro-industrial models for the development of sustainable agro-ecosystems. There is an increase in the use of lactic acid bacteria originating from animal, human and plant sources in the agriculture, food, and health sectors. Scope and...
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Mota-Gutierrez, J.; Cocolin, L.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2021, 114, pp 198-211
Climate change threatens food systems, with huge repercussions on food security and on the safety and quality of final products. We reviewed the potential of food microbiology as a source of biotechnological solutions to design climate-smart food systems, using wine as a model productive sector....
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Berbegal, C.; Fragasso, M.; Russo, P.; Bimbo, F.; Grieco, F.; Spano, G.; Capozzi, V.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Fermentation, 2019, 5, 4,
Under optimized conditions, the lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus fermentum Lf2 secretes up to 2 gL-1 of a mixture of polysaccharides into the fermentation medium when grown on sucrose. Earlier studies had shown that the mixture is biologically active and work was undertaken to characterise the...
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Ahmed, H. I.; Ransom-Jones, E.; Sadiq, S.; Vitlic, A.; McLay, N.; Rojas, M. F.; Ale, E. C.; Binetti, A. G.; Collett, A.; Humphreys, P. N.; Laws, A. P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Carbohydrate Research, 2020, 488,
The global probiotics industry has been undergoing major changes in recent years. Approaches to finding and creating new probiotics, as well as a paradigm of their use in food, medicine, and pharmacology are changing. The catalyst proved to be the increasing popularity and availability of omics...
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Yunes, R. A.; Poluektova, E. U.; Belkina, T. V.; Danilenko, V. N.
Publisher
Pleiades Publishing, Moscow, Russia
Citation
Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology, 2022, 58, 5, pp 652-664
The benefits derived from fermented foods and beverages have placed great value on their acceptability worldwide. Food fermentation technologies have been employed for thousands of years and are considered essential processes for the production and preservation of foods, with the critical roles...
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Adesulu-Dahunsi, A. T.; Dahunsi, S. O.; Ajayeoba, T. A.
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022, 13, April,
This editorial article presents the vital role of the brain-gut axis in mental health and diseases, as well as the beneficial effect of probiotics (such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium) to human health.
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Marzban, A.; Rahmanian, V.; Marzban, A.; Siakhulak, F. R.
Publisher
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Citation
Journal of Nutrition and Food Security, 2022, 7, 2, pp 136-138
BACKGROUND: Growing challenges of resource depletion, food security and environmental protection are putting stress on the development of biorefinery processes for bioprocessing of residues from food and agro-industry into value-added products. In this study, the simultaneous production of lactic...
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Mladenović, D.; Djukić-Vuković, A.; Stanković, M.; Milašinović-Šeremešić, M.; Radosavljević, M.; Pejin, J.; Mojović, L.
Publisher
Wiley, Chichester, UK
Citation
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2019, 99, 12, pp 5293-5302
Fermented fruits and vegetables play an important role in safeguarding food security world-wide. Recently, robust sequencing-based microbial community analysis platforms have improved microbial safety assessment. This study aimed to examine the composition of bacteria and evaluate the bacterial...
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Hussain, B.; Chen JungSheng; Hsu BingMu; Chu ITseng; Koner, S.; Chen TsungHsien; Rathod, J.; Chan, M. Y.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Microorganisms, 2021, 9, 8,
This study investigated effects of dietary fumonisins (FBs) on gut and faecal microbiota of weaned pigs. In total, 18 7-week-old male pigs were fed either 0, 15 or 30 mg FBs (FB1 + FB2 + FB3)/kg diet for 21 days. The microbiota was analysed with amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene V3-V4...
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Zeebone, Y. Y.; Bóta, B.; Halas, V.; Libisch, B.; Olasz, F.; Papp, P.; Keresztény, T.; Gerőcs, A.; Ali, O.; Kovács, M.; Szabó, A.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Toxins, 2023, 15, 5,