The life history of Lactobacillus acidophilus as a probiotic: A tale of revisionary taxonomy, misidentification and commercial success

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-87

  Bull, Matthew ^a   Plummer, Sue ^b   Marchesi, Julian ^a,c   Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Obsidian Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food microbiology; Genomics; Identification; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Probiotics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOMICS; IDENTIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PROBIOTICS; TAXONOMY;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84888029747     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12293     Document Type: Review

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