Fermentation of foodstuffs has beneficial effects on shelf life, taste and texture and possibly also health of the consumer. Products containing microbes with beneficial health effects for the host are defined as probiotics. One probiotic bacterium, Lactobacillus reuteri, has been shown to exert positive effects on a number of diseases and disorders, including a possible protective role against...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) may act as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes that can be transferred via the food chain or within the gastrointestinal tract to pathogenic bacteria. This thesis provides data required for assessing the potential risk of using antibiotic resistant strains of the LAB species Lactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus plantarum as food processing aids or probiotics....

Lactobacillus reuteri CECT8605 has shown potential probiotic properties in both in vitro and in vivo assays. Besides its beneficial characteristics, general aspects concerning genetic stability and safety for human consumption have been studied. Its genome sequence has been a useful tool to support preliminary conclusions based on empirical observations.

Previous reviews of plum phytochemical content and health benefits have concentrated on the European plum, Prunus domestica L. However, the potential bioactivity of red- and dark red-fleshed Japanese plums, Prunus salicina Lindl., so-called blood plums, appears to warrant a significant increase in exposure, as indicated in a recent review of the whole Prunus genus. Furthermore, Japanese plums a...

Introduction: Indonesian people experience dental and oral health problemsas much as 57.6%, one of the problems that is oftentreated periodontal disease. Alternative prevention disease isby consuming probiotics (Lactobacillus reuteri). Probiotic (Lactobacillusreuteri) contains L. reuteri bacteria which inhibits cariogenicpathogenic so it suspected to increase salivary flow rate. Objectives: det...

Despite senescence-induced chlorophyll depletion in plants has been widely studied, the enzymatic background of this physiologically regulated process still remains highly unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine selected biochemical properties of partially purified fractions of chlorophyllase (Chlase, chlorophyll chlorophyllido-hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.14) from leaves of three Prunus spe...

Recent functional genomics and genome-scale modeling approaches indicated that B(12) production in Lactobacillus reuteri could be improved by optimization of the medium. Here we show that a series of systematic single-amino-acid omissions could significantly modulate the production of B(12) from nearly undetectable levels (with omission of isoleucine) to levels 20-fold higher than the levels pr...