Lifestyles in transition: evolution and natural history of the genus Lactobacillus

RM Duar, XB Lin, J Zheng, ME Martino… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Lactobacillus species are found in nutrient-rich habitats associated with food, feed, plants,
animals and humans. Due to their economic importance, the metabolism, genetics and …

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum–Nomad and Ideal Probiotic

M Fidanza, P Panigrahi, TR Kollmann - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Probiotics are increasingly recognized as capable of positively modulating several aspects
of human health. There are numerous attributes that make an ideal probiotic …

A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae …

J Zheng, S Wittouck, E Salvetti… - … of systematic and …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
The genus Lactobacillus comprises 261 species (at March 2020) that are extremely diverse
at phenotypic, ecological and genotypic levels. This study evaluated the taxonomy of …

Lactobacillus plantarum and Its Probiotic and Food Potentialities

HA Seddik, F Bendali, F Gancel, I Fliss… - Probiotics and …, 2017 - Springer
The number of studies claiming probiotic health effects of Lactobacillus plantarum is
escalating. Lb. plantarum is a lactic acid bacterium found in diverse ecological niches …

The Impacts of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum on the Functional Properties of Fermented Foods: A Review of Current Knowledge

B Yilmaz, SP Bangar, N Echegaray, S Suri, I Tomasevic… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
One of the most varied species of lactic acid bacteria is Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (Lb.
plantarum), formerly known as Lactobacillus plantarum. It is one of the most common …

The food-gut axis: lactic acid bacteria and their link to food, the gut microbiome and human health

F De Filippis, E Pasolli, D Ercolini - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are present in foods, the environment and the animal gut,
although fermented foods (FFs) are recognized as the primary niche of LAB activity. Several …

Metabolic cross-feeding in imbalanced diets allows gut microbes to improve reproduction and alter host behaviour

SF Henriques, DB Dhakan, L Serra… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The impact of commensal bacteria on the host arises from complex microbial-diet-host
interactions. Mapping metabolic interactions in gut microbial communities is therefore key to …

Lifestyles of sourdough lactobacilli–Do they matter for microbial ecology and bread quality?

MG Gänzle, J Zheng - International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Sourdough is used in production of (steamed) bread as leavening agent (type I sourdoughs)
or as baking improver to enhance flavour, texture, and shelf life of bread (type II …

Microbial ecology and process technology of sourdough fermentation

L De Vuyst, S Van Kerrebroeck, F Leroy - Advances in applied microbiology, 2017 - Elsevier
From a microbiological perspective, sourdough is to be considered as a specific and
stressful ecosystem, harboring yeasts and lactic acid bacteria (LAB), that is used for the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic potential for exopolysaccharide synthesis in activated sludge bacteria uncovered by genome-resolved metagenomics

MKD Dueholm, M Besteman, EJ Zeuner… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
A good floc formation of activated sludge (AS) is crucial for solid-liquid separation and
production of clean effluent during wastewater treatment. Floc formation is partly controlled …