OBJECTIVE Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of genital discomfort in women in reproductive ages, which causes many complications. Bacterial vaginosis is usually treated by metronidazole and clindamycin. However, this protocol does not prevent its recurrence, which is a main complaint of the patients. The number of lactobacilli in the vagina of women with BV is significantly lower than ...

background: despite the emerging evidence on beneficial effects of probiotics on the cardiovascular system, their impact on the management of ischemic heart diseases and its possible mechanism have not been elucidated. methods: four viable probiotics bacterial strains, including bifidobacterium breve, lactobacillus casei, lactobacillus bulgaricus and lactobacillus acidophilus, at the concentrat...

One hundred and twenty-five acid-resistant presumptive lactobacilli were isolated from Slovak Bryndza cheese and screened for their antimicrobial activity against eight bacterial pathogens using spot agar assay. Out of twenty-six Lactobacillus strains with strong inhibition activity, twenty were identified as Lactobacillus plantarum and six as Lactobacillus fermentum. The most active eleven L. ...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori infection is recognized as a major contributory factor to many diseases, but recommended eradication therapies demonstrated unsatisfactory eradication rates. Currently, some studies suggested that lactobacillus species have an inhibitory action on Helicobacter pylori both in vitro and in vivo. OBJECTIVE this meta-analysis broadly examined the efficacy of eradica...

Lactobacillus plantarum strain ZJ316, a probiotic strain with several functions, was isolated from healthy newborn infant fecal samples. Here we report the finished and annotated genome sequence of this organism.

Probiotics are identified as “Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host” [1]. Although different microorganisms are claimed today as probiotics, usually they represent two main genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. Other probiotic bacteria have received limited attention of researchers. Among them are Bacillus bacteria highly diverse...

Poultry feed is often supplemented with probiotics in order to improve disease resistance and growth performance and to decrease undesirable effects of antibacterial therapy. Therefore this study was designed to evaluate the effect of probiotics such as Lactobacillus brevis, L. plantarum and L. bulgaricus on pharmacokinetics of doxycycline in healthy DUC broiler chickens. The treatment with dox...

BACKGROUND Despite the emerging evidence on beneficial effects of probiotics on the cardiovascular system, their impact on the management of ischemic heart diseases and its possible mechanism have not been elucidated. METHODS Four viable probiotics bacterial strains, including Bifidobacterium breve, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Lactobacillus acidophilus, at the concentrat...

Lactobacillus rhamnosus LOCK900 fulfills the criteria required for probiotic strains. In this study, we report a whole-genome sequence of this isolate and compare it with other L. rhamnosus complete genome sequences already published.

Background: Probiotic supplementation alters oral microbiota composition and could reduce the risk or treat oral cavity diseases, such as dental caries, which are considered a public health problem. Aim: To summarize the therapeutic effects of probiotics in caries and to verify whether this intervention is capable of replacing conventional treatment in human beings. Methods: The search of the s...