The Therapeutic Value of Lactic Acid Bacteria

Antimicrobial Effect of Lactic Acid Bacteria against Common Pathogenic Bacteria

Abstract       Background and Objective: Probiotics are living microorganisms that have beneficial effects on the health of digestive system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial ability of acidic and neutral supernatants (culture supernatant) of lactic acid bacteria against common bacterial pathogens.        Meth...

Chronic fatigue syndrome: lactic acid bacteria may be of therapeutic value.

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is complex illness with unknown aetiology. Recent research shows that patients with CFS have marked alterations in microbial flora, including lowered levels of bifidobacteria and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Research also indicates that CFS patients are under increased oxidative stress, have a type 2 helper cell dominate cytokine profile, frequent...

Lactic Acid Bacteria

Lactic acid bacteria comprise an ecologically diverse group of microorganisms united by formation of lactic acid as the primary metabolite of sugar metabolism (Davis et al., 1985b; 1988; Lonvaud-Funel, 1999; Carr et al., 2002; Liu, 2002). These bacteria utilize sugars by either homoor heterofermentative pathways (Section 2.4.1) as well as l-malic acid, a major acid present in grape must (Sectio...

Lactic acid bacteria

An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in microbial biotechnology Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria):Wikipedia This page on the lactic acid group of bacteria is heavy on taxonomy. This webpage describes the major taxonomic and metabolic features of lactic acid bacteria. Twelve reasons to know about lactic acid bacteria Lactic acid bacteria are important in foo...

Lactic Acid Bacteria