Probiotic use of lactobacilli in the human female urogenital tract

Technological and Probiotic Traits of the Lactobacilli Isolated From Vaginal Tract of the Healthy Women for Probiotic Use

Background: For biotechnological application, selected lactic acid bacteria strains belonging to the genera Lactobacillus (Lb) are proposed as an alternative to the antibiotics for the prevention and treatment of urogenital tract infections. Objectives: Isolating and selecting vaginal lactobacilli strains for probiotic use based on their technological and probiotic aptitudes. Materials and Meth...

Technological and Probiotic Traits of the Lactobacilli Isolated From Vaginal Tract of the Healthy Women for Probiotic Use

BACKGROUND For biotechnological application, selected lactic acid bacteria strains belonging to the genera Lactobacillus (Lb) are proposed as an alternative to the antibiotics for the prevention and treatment of urogenital tract infections. OBJECTIVES Isolating and selecting vaginal lactobacilli strains for probiotic use based on their technological and probiotic aptitudes. MATERIALS AND ME...

Variation in the microbiome of the urogenital tract of female

Probiotic agents to protect the urogenital tract against infection.

The urogenital microflora of a healthy woman comprises approximately 50 species of organisms, which differ in composition according to reproductive stages and exposure to several factors, including antibiotics and spermicides. Infections are very common with > 300 million cases of urinary tract infections, bacterial vaginosis, and yeast vaginitis worldwide per annum. At the time of infection in...

Screening of lactobacilli bacteria isolated from gastrointestinal tract of broiler chickens for their use as probiotic

1 The excellence center for Animal Science and Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. 2 Immuno-Biochemistry lab., Immunology Research Center, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Mashad, Iran. 3 The research Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi Universiry of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. 4 Department of Fo...