Robert W. Hutkins

TL;DR: Phylogenetic analyses, comparison of gene content across the group, and reconstruction of ancestral gene sets indicate a combination of extensive gene loss and key gene acquisitions via horizontal gene transfer during the coevolution of lactic acid bacteria with their habitats.

TL;DR: Only strains that gave a positive reaction by the agar method reached high cell densities in broth containing FOS.

TL;DR: The ability of commercial prebiotics to inhibit attachment of microcolony-forming enteropathogenic Escherichia coli was investigated and observations suggest that some prebiotic oligosaccharides may have antiadhesive activity and directly inhibit the adherence of pathogens to the host epithelial cell surface.

TL;DR: Cloned the sigB gene and severalrsb genes from L. monocytogenes, encoding homologs of the alternative sigma factor ςB and the RsbUVWX proteins, which govern transcription of a general stress regulon in the related bacterium Bacillus subtilis, observed that the activity of ςBs was uniquely responsive to osmotic upshifting, temperature downshifted, and the presence of EDTA in the growth medium.

TL;DR: The means by which lactic acid bacteria defend against low intracellular pH are presented, and particular attention is devoted to the proton-translocating ATPase, an enzyme that is largely responsible for pH homeostasis in fermentative lactic Acid bacteria.