Over the past decades the food industry has been revolutionized toward the production of
functional foods due to an increasing awareness of the consumers on the positive role of …

Toxic ingredients in food can lead to serious food-related diseases. Such compounds are
bacterial toxins (Shiga-toxin, listeriolysin, Botulinum toxin), mycotoxins (aflatoxin, ochratoxin …

Clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) and the CRISPR-
associated (Cas) nuclease protect bacteria and archeae from foreign DNA by site-specific …

Recent studies have provided an unprecedented view of the microbial communities
colonizing captive mice; yet the host and environmental factors that shape the rodent gut …

Probiotics are living microorganisms that provide a wide variety of health benefits to the host
when ingested in adequate amounts. The bacterial strains most frequently used as probiotic …

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of vaginal discharge in reproductive age
women around the world and is associated with several poor reproductive health outcomes …

In 2011, Germany experienced the largest outbreak with a Shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli (STEC) strain ever recorded. A series of environmental and trace-back and …

Neuropeptide hormone oxytocin has roles in social bonding, energy metabolism, and
wound healing contributing to good physical, mental and social health. It was previously …

The genomes of four Lactobacillus reuteri strains isolated from human breast milk and the
gastrointestinal tract have been recently sequenced as part of the Human Microbiome …

Infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cause outbreaks of severe
diarrheal disease in children and the elderly around the world. The severe complications …