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by Yuan-Kun Lee, Koji Nomoto, Seppo Salminen, Sherwood L. Gorbach
This ground-breaking handbook contains data and methodology required in the development of a successful probiotic product from laboratory to the marketplace. It provides information on the choice and application of the appropriate probiotic for a particular purpose.
Contents
Introduction: Probiotics. Probiotic Microorganisms. Safety of Probiotic Bacteria. Legal Status of Probiotics.
Selection and Maintenance of Probiotic Strains: Isolation of Probiotic
Microorganisms. Selection of Probiotic Microorganisms. Maintenance of Probiotic Microorganisms.
Genetic Modification of Probiotic Microorganisms: Mutants Obtained from Lactic Acid Bacteria
by Mutagenesis with Nitrosoguanidine or Ethane Sulfonate Ethyl Ester. Plasmids. Vectors for Lactic
Acid Bacteria. Genetic Recombination in Lactic Acid Bacteria.
Role of Probiotics in Health and Diseases: Human and Animal Models. Farm Animals.
Mechanisms of Probiotics: Competitive Exclusion. Production of Antimicrobial
Substances. Modulation of Immune Responses. Alteration of Intestinal Bacterial
Metabolic Activity. Alteration of Microecology in Human Intestine. Bacterial Translocation.
Enhancement of Indigenous Probiotic Organisms.
Index
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