Bacteria, food, and cancer

Bacteria, food, and cancer

Gut microbes are essential components of the human organism-helping us metabolize food into energy, produce micronutrients, and shape our immune systems. Having a particular pattern of gut microbes is also increasingly being linked to medical conditions including obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, and diabetes. Recent studies now indicate that our resident intestinal bacteria may also play a ...

Food, Nutrition, and Cancer

Cancer is one of the 1ea<ling cause="" of="" death="" and="" is="" a="" major="" public="" health="" problem="" all="" over="" the="" world.="" epi­demiological="" studies="" have="" led="" to="" concept="" that="" environ­mental="" factors="" may="" be="" important="" in="" carcinogenesis.="" diet="" nutrition="" are="" receiving="" increased="" attention="" relation="" 'to="" carcinogenesis="...

2 Food phenolics and lactic acid bacteria

Bacteria in food packaging paper and board.

The bacteria of food packaging paper and board were studied. Most of the aerobic strains were spore-formers; members of the genus Bacillus with B. cereus group (B. cereus, B. mycoides, B. thuringiensis), B. polymyxa group (B. polymyxa, B. circulans, B. macerans, B. pabuli), B. brevis and B. licheniformis predominated. The main source of spore-forming bacteria in paper and board was the broke (r...

Tyramine and phenylethylamine biosynthesis by food bacteria.

Tyramine poisoning is caused by the ingestion of food containing high levels of tyramine, a biogenic amine. Any foods containing free tyrosine are subject to tyramine formation if poor sanitation and low quality foods are used or if the food is subject to temperature abuse or extended storage time. Tyramine is generated by decarboxylation of the tyrosine through tyrosine decarboxylase (TDC) enz...