In August 2003, the 284-bed community hospital Pierre-Le Gardeur (PLGH) in Quebec experienced a major outbreak associated with the Clostridium difficile NAP1/027/BI strain. Augmented standard preventive measures (SPMs) were not able to control this outbreak. It was decided in February 2004 to give to every adult inpatient on antibiotics, without any exclusion, a probiotic (Bio-K+: Lactobacillus...

The interaction between two Fusarium mycotoxins, zearalenone (ZEN) and its derivative (')alpha-zearalenol ((')alpha-ZOL), with two food-grade strains of Lactobacillus was investigated. The mycotoxins (2 microg ml(-1)) were incubated with either Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain GG or L. rhamnosus strain LC705. A considerable proportion (38 to 46%) of both toxins was recovered from the bacterial pe...

Probiotics provide health benefits to their hosts, including modulation of host immune response, inhibition of colonization by pathogens, modulation of the gut microbiota, and epithelial barrier enhancement. Here, we present the draft genome sequences of two newly isolated Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains of probiotic potential from healthy human infants.

Phyllanthusurinariaplant was used in liver relating diseases in Vietnam. The study was to know more about the bioactivities of Phyllanthusurinarialeaf extracts before and after combined with Pandanustectoriousfruit extracts and Lactobacillus rhamnosusextract. This was accomplished by examining the influence of the total aqueous, chloroform and ethylacetateextracts. The biological tests were don...

Received: 30 Apr., 2014 Accepted: 15 Aug., 2014 (006373) 1Department of Food Engineering, College of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo – USP, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil, e-mail: [email protected] *Corresponding author Ability of a Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain cultured in milk whey based medium to bind aflatoxin B1 Fernanda BOVO1, Larissa Tuanny FRANCO1, Roice Eliana ROS...

Dadih is Indonesian traditional fermented buffalo milk believed by the natives to have beneficial effects on human health. This may be due to the probiotic properties possessed by the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) involved in its fermentation process. It was discovered that ten strains of dadih lactic isolates possessed some probiotic properties in vitro. In this study, the adhesion properties of ...

A specific probiotic formulation composed of Lactobacillus acidophilus CL1285, Lactobacillus casei LBC80R, and Lactobacillus rhamnosus CLR2 (Bio-K+) has been marketed in North America since 1996. The strains and the commercial products have been evaluated for safety, identity, gastrointestinal survival, and stability throughout shelf life. The capacity of both the fermented beverages and the ca...