Probiotics genomics

Probiotics genomics

Roland J. Siezen1* and Greer Wilson2 Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation; TI Food and Nutrition, 6700AN Wageningen, the Netherlands; NIZO food research, 6710BA Ede, the Netherlands; Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6500HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Science Consultant, Bowlespark 30, 6701DS Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Probiotics.

Probiotics are microorganisms with potential health benefits. They may be used to prevent and treat antibiotic-associated diarrhea and acute infectious diarrhea. They may also be effective in relieving symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, and in treating atopic dermatitis in children. Species commonly used include Lactobacillus sp., Bifidobacterium sp., Streptococcus thermophilus, and Saccharo...

Genomics update Wine Genomics

Comparative genomics of human stem cell factor (SCF)

Stem cell factor (SCF) is a critical protein with key roles in the cell such as hematopoiesis, gametogenesis and melanogenesis. In the present study a comparative analysis on nucleotide sequences of SCF was performed in Humanoids using bioinformatics tools including NCBI-BLAST, MEGA6, and JBrowse. Our analysis of nucleotide sequences to find closely evolved organisms with high similarity by NCB...

Properties of probiotics and encapsulated probiotics in food.

Probiotics are microorganisms which confer health benefits upon application in sufficiently-high viable cell amounts. Probiotics are typically members of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species commonly associated with human gastrointestinal tracts. In the recent past, there has been a rising interest in producing functional foods containing encapsulated probiotic bacteria. Recent studies hav...