| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
1. Probiotic social life, biochemical cross-talk and ecological relationships among bacteria / Enrica Pessione -- 2. Fighting off human infections : a new role for bacteriocin molecules / Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Voula Alexandraki and Effie Tsakalidou -- 3. Lactic acid bacteria to modulate virulence expression in pathogenic bacteria : an alternative to killing? / Sergine Even, Damien Bouchard and Yves Le Loir -- 4. Probiotic-mediated modulation of host gene expression / Sarah O'Flaherty -- 5. Bifidobacteria and their interaction with the gastrointestinal environment / Borja Sánchez, Irene González-Rodríguez, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo and Abelardo Margolles -- 6. New probiotics : dairy propionibacteria and the modulation of gut microbiota and physiology / Stéphanie-Marie Deutsch and Gwénaël Jan -- 7. Neuro-active compounds produced by probiotics : towards a microbiota-(gut- ) brain axis control? / Roberto Mazzoli -- 8. Nutraceutical and antioxidant potential of probiotics : the case of selenium fixing bacteria and selenium enriched yeasts / Erika Mangiapane -- 9. The double face of bacteria and the ambiguous role of some probiotics / Alessandro Pessione -- 10. Probiotics meets proteomics : how proteomics can contribute to risk assessment and biomolecular understanding / Stephan Fuchs and Katharina Riedel -- 11. Prebiotic enhancement of probiotic potential : oligosaccharides triggering modification of protein profiles in lactic acid bacteria / Avishek Majumder, Morten Ejby, Gabriella C. van Zanten, Anne Knudsen, Sampo J. Lahtinen, Birte Svensson and Susanne Jacobsen |
| Summary |
"This book underlines the importance of reciprocal interactions between probiotics and humans in terms of stress induction, epigenetic control of cellular responses, oxidative status, bio-active molecules biosynthesis, moonlighting proteins secretion, endogenous toxins neutralization, and several other biological functions. It explores how these responses can affect metabolism and metabolic-related disorders, gutbrain axis balance, mood, inflammatory, allergic and anti-infective reactions, cancer, and ageing. The book explores how probiotics create a dynamic and "fluid" network of signals able to control the balance between healthy and altered human status"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Probiotics.
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Actinobacteria.
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Probiotics
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Actinobacteria
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Biochemical Phenomena
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Lactobacillales
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Actinobacteria
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Probiotics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pessione, Enrica, editor
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| ISBN |
9781466575561 |
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1466575565 |
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9781306410205 |
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1306410207 |
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