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Saccharomyces boulardii: What Makes It Tick as Successful Probiotic?

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Saccharomyces boulardii is a probiotic yeast often used for the treatment of GI tract disorders such as diarrhea symptoms. It is genetically close to the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its classification as a distinct species or a S. cerevisiae
Pedro Pais, Vanda Almeida, M. Yilmaz, Miguel C. Teixeira   +3 more
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Probiotic and Potentially Probiotic Yeasts—Characteristics and Food Application

Foods, 2021
Probiotics are live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host. Besides the well-known and tested lactic acid bacteria, yeasts may also be probiotics.
Adam Staniszewski, M. Kordowska-Wiater
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Dietary supplementation with Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B. infantis) in healthy breastfed infants: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundThe development of probiotics as therapies to cure or prevent disease lags far behind that of other investigational medications. Rigorously designed phase I clinical trials are nearly non-existent in the field of probiotic research, which is a ...
Armstrong, April W, Awasthi, Smita, Freeman, Samara L, German, J Bruce, Kim, Kyoungmi, Lebrilla, Carlito B, Maverakis, Emanual, Mills, David A, Patel, Forum, Smilowitz, Jennifer T, Wilken, Reason   +10 more
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Probiotics for preventing acute otitis media in children [PDF]

, 2018
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: to assess the effects of probiotics to prevent the occurrence and reduce the severity of acute otitis media in children.
Clark, Justin, Del Mar, Chris B., Grimwood, Keith, Islam, Farhana, Julien, Blair, Little, Paul, Roos, Kristian, Scott, Anna M.   +7 more
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Probiotic Species in the Modulation of Gut Microbiota: An Overview

BioMed Research International, 2018
Probiotics are microbial strains that are beneficial to health, and their potential has recently led to a significant increase in research interest in their use to modulate the gut microbiota.
M. Azad, Manobendro Sarker, Tiejun Li, J. Yin   +3 more
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The functional capacity of plantaricin-producing Lactobacillus plantarum SF9C and S-layer-carrying Lactobacillus brevis SF9B to withstand gastrointestinal transit

Microbial Cell Factories, 2020
Background We evaluated the functional capacity of plantaricin-producing Lactobacillus plantarum SF9C and S-layer-carrying Lactobacillus brevis SF9B to withstand gastrointestinal transit and to compete among the gut microbiota in vivo.
Katarina Butorac, Martina Banić, Jasna Novak, Andreja Leboš Pavunc, Ksenija Uroić, Ksenija Durgo, Nada Oršolić, Marina Kukolj, Slobodanka Radović, Simone Scalabrin, Jurica Žučko, Antonio Starčević, Jagoda Šušković, Blaženka Kos   +13 more
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Probiotic administration in congenital heart disease: a pilot study. [PDF]

, 2013
ObjectiveTo investigate the impact of probiotic Bifidobacterium longum ssp. infantis on the fecal microbiota and plasma cytokines in neonates with congenital heart disease.Study designSixteen infants with congenital heart disease were randomly assigned ...
Bokulich, NA, Ellis, CL, Elumalai, J, Haapanen, L, Kalanetra, KM, Mills, DA, Mirmiran, M, Raff, G, Rutledge, JC, Schegg, T, Underwood, MA   +10 more
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Molecular insights into probiotic mechanisms of action employed against intestinal pathogenic bacteria

Gut microbes, 2020
Gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, and in particular those caused by bacterial infections, are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Treatment is becoming increasingly difficult due to the increase in number of species that have developed ...
W. F. Van Zyl, S. Deane, L. Dicks
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Absolute Enumeration of Probiotic Strains Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM® and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bl-04® via Chip-Based Digital PCR

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
The current standard for enumeration of probiotics to obtain colony forming units by plate counts has several drawbacks: long time to results, high variability and the inability to discern between bacterial strains.
Sarah J. Z. Hansen, Wesley Morovic, Martha DeMeules, Buffy Stahl, Connie W. Sindelar   +4 more
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A Lactic Acid Bacteria Consortium Impacted the Content of Casein-Derived Biopeptides in Dried Fresh Cheese

Molecules, 2021
This study aimed to define a consortium of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) that will bring added value to dried fresh cheese through specific probiotic properties and the synthesis of bioactive peptides (biopeptides).
Jasna Novak, Katarina Butorac, Andreja Leboš Pavunc, Martina Banić, Ana Butorac, Adriana Lepur, Nada Oršolić, Katarina Tonković, Krešo Bendelja, Nina Čuljak, Marija Lovrić, Jagoda Šušković, Blaženka Kos   +12 more
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