Introduction to the special issue "Probiotic bacteria and human gut microbiota"

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, marco.ventura@unipr.it.

Marco Ventura et al. Genes Nutr. 2011 Aug.

. 2011 Aug;6(3):203-4.

doi: 10.1007/s12263-011-0241-y.

¹ Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, marco.ventura@unipr.it.

No abstract available

References

1. Backhed F, Ley RE, Sonnenburg JL, Peterson DA, Gordon J. Host-bacterial mutualism in the human intestine. Science. 2005;307:1915–1920. doi: 10.1126/science.1104816. - DOI - PubMed
1. Marco ML, Pavan S, Klerebezem M. Towards understanding molecular modes of probiotic action. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2006;17:204–210. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.02.005. - DOI - PubMed
1. Muegge BD, Kuczynski J, Knights D, Clemente JC, González A, Fontana L, Henrissat B, Knight R, Gordon JI. Diet drives convergence in gut microbiome functions across mammalian phylogeny and within humans. Science. 2011;332:970–974. doi: 10.1126/science.1198719. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Ventura M, Canchaya C, Bernini V, Fitzgerald GF, Sinderen D. How high G + C Gram-positive bacteria and in particular bifidobacteria cope with heat stress: protein players and regulators. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2006;30:734–759. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00031.x. - DOI - PubMed
1. Ventura M, O’Flaherty S, Claesson MJ, Turroni F, Klaenhammer TR, Sinderen D, O’Toole PW. Genome-scale analyses of health-promoting bacteria: probiogenomics. Nature Microbiol Rev. 2009;7:61–71. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2047. - DOI - PubMed