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Bacteriocin production: a relatively unharnessed probiotic trait?
- Source :
- F1000Research, ResearcherID
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- F1000 Research Ltd, 2016.
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Abstract
- Probiotics are “live microorganisms which, when consumed in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit to the host”. A number of attributes are highly sought after among these microorganisms, including immunomodulation, epithelial barrier maintenance, competitive exclusion, production of short-chain fatty acids, and bile salt metabolism. Bacteriocin production is also generally regarded as a probiotic trait, but it can be argued that, in contrast to other traits, it is often considered a feature that is desirable, rather than a key probiotic trait. As such, the true potential of these antimicrobials has yet to be realised.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Applied Microbiology
030106 microbiology
Review
Health benefits
Microbial Physiology & Metabolism
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
Probiotic
bacteriocin
Bacteriocin
law
Environmental Microbiology
microbiota
Medicine
Production (economics)
Cellular Microbiology & Pathogenesis
Diabetes & Obesity
Food science
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Epithelial barrier
General Immunology and Microbiology
business.industry
Microbial Evolution & Genomics
Articles
Bacterial Infections
General Medicine
Gastrointestinal Physiology
gut health
Antimicrobial
Competitive exclusion
030104 developmental biology
Medical Microbiology
Microbial Growth & Development
Immunology
Trait
business
probiotic
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20461402
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- F1000Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b0b938c52e3a0f02cc81016e3e2230f5