Arthur C. Ouwehand

TL;DR: Enterococci from dog faeces tested for characters believed to be important for probiotic strains; bacteriocin production, resistance or tolerance to antibiotics, low pH, bile tolerance and adhesive activity showed the best probiotic properties.

TL;DR: The administration of probiotic cheese containing L. rhamnosus and L. acidophilus NCFM was associated with specific changes in the intestinal microbiota, mainly affecting specific subpopulations of intestinal lactobacilli and C. difficile, but did not have significant effects on the major microbial groups or the fecal immune markers.

TL;DR: An overview of published and unpublished data on the antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal activity of thymol and cinnamaldehyde (TC blend) is provided to describe the effects of this specific EO blend on gut microbiota, growth performance and welfare, carcass characteristics and food safety.

TL;DR: This work aims to assess the stability of 16S rRNA of viable but nonculturable (VBNC) probiotics during storage when compared with different attributes of viability.

TL;DR: Results indicate a trend for blood culture isolates to bind to intestinal mucus in higher numbers than strains of dairy and human fecal origin, other factors are also likely to be involved in the etiology of lactobacillemia since some of the clinical Lactobacillus isolate exhibited a relatively low level of adhesion.