This chapter presents classification of silage additives: stimulators of fermentation, inhibitors
of fermentation, inhibitors of aerobic deterioration, and nutrients and absorbents, while …

Interactions between bacteria and the viruses that infect them (ie, phages) have profound
effects on biological processes, but despite their importance, little is known on the general …

Lactobacilli are Gram-positive, nonsporeforming rods, catalase-negative when growing
without a heme source (eg, blood), usually nonmotile, and occasionally nitrate reducers …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 1661-1683, January 1, 2009] 1661 Bacteriophages of Lactobacillus
Manuela Villion1,2, Sylvain Moinea Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 14, 1661-1683, January …

A virulent Lactobacillus plantarum bacteriophage, ΦJL-1, was isolated from a commercial
cucumber fermentation. The phage was specific for two related strains of L. plantarum, BI7 …

The revised Third Edition of The Prokaryotes, acclaimed as a classic reference in the field,
offers new and updated articles by experts from around the world on taxa of relevance to …

A novel Podoviridae lactic acid bacteria (LAB) phage from Nham, a Thai fermented pork
sausage, is reported. From a total of 36 samples, 41 isolates of LAB were obtained and …

Fructo-(FOS) and galacto-oligosaccharides have been used to promote the growth of
probiotics, mainly those from Lactobacillus genus. However, only few reports have …

Bacillus species have been widely used as probiotics in a number of food products.
However, these are vulnerable to bacteriophage infections, which poses fermentation failure …

We characterized two Lactobacillus plantarum virulent siphophages, ATCC 8014-B1 (B1)
and ATCC 8014-B2 (B2), previously isolated from corn silage and anaerobic sewage …