Jaana Mättö

TL;DR: In this article, several aspects, including safety, functional and technological characteristics, have to be taken into consideration in the selection process of probiotic micro-organisms, including origin (healthy human GI tract), non-pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance characteristics.

TL;DR: Arabinoxylan was not fermented by lactobacilli, enterococci, E coli, C perfringens or C difficile and has potential to be an applicable carbohydrate to complement probiotic Bif longum strains in synbiotic combinations.

TL;DR: The present study suggests that instability of intestinal microbiota may be involved in IBS, however, further studies are needed to associate the instability with specific IBS symptoms or with specific bacterial groups and species.

TL;DR: Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) are considered to have bifidogenic properties in humans and the effect of GOS-containing syrup (60% GOS) alone or together with the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium lactis Bb-12 on selected components of the faecal flora is studied.

TL;DR: The observations suggest that clostridial microbiota, in addition to the instability of the active predominant faecal bacterial population, may be involved in IBS.