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A review on the use of microorganisms as probiotics
B Gomez-Gil1, A Roque, J F Turnbull
1Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo/Unidad Mazatlán, Mazatlán, Sin., México.
Revista Latinoamericana De Microbiologia
|August 10, 2000
Abstract:
A literature review on the use of live microorganisms as probiotics is presented. Topics discussed are the definition of probiotic; the normal microflora of the digestive system of mammals, including bacterial interactions in the gut, colonization, modification of metabolic processes, and immunostimulation. Probiotics studies in humans and in farmed animals, with special emphasis on the use of Lactobacillus spp. and Bifidobacterium spp. are also discussed.