Antibiotics, widely used in the fields of medicine, animal husbandry, aquaculture, and
agriculture, pose a serious threat to the ecological environment and human health. To …

The use of probiotics for human and animal health is continuously increasing. The probiotics
used in humans commonly come from dairy foods, whereas the sources of probiotics used in …

Highlights•Probiotics exhibit good potential for improvement of poultry meat
quality.•Probiotics reduce total cholesterol and affect positively fatty acid profile of poultry …

Globally, poultry production has been an integral part of human activities, providing a major
source of livelihood and food to humans. The continuous increase in the world population …

Background Infectious diseases have caused huge economic loss and food security issues
in fish aquaculture. Current management and breeding strategies heavily rely on the …

The recent description of the genus Cutibacterium has altered the taxonomy of
Propionibacterium species. These organisms still belong to the genera of the skin …

Dairy propionibacteria are used as cheese ripening starters, as biopreservative and as
beneficial additives, in the food industry. The main species, Propionibacterium …

Lactobacillus plantarum is a probiotic that is widely used to prevent ulcerative colitis (UC).
However, the effects of this species are strain-specific. We believe that the physiological …

The development of abnormal feather-pecking (FP) behavior, where laying hens display
harmful pecks in conspecifics, is multifactorial and has been linked to the microbiota-gut …

Different studies in animal rearing claim the probiotic potential of species of the genus
Propionibacterium. The effects of strains of Propionibacterium acidipropionici isolated from …