Impact of genomics on the field of probiotic research: Historical perspectives to modern paradigms

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-156

  Johnson, Brant R ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Fermentation; Genomics; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacilli; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; CANTHAXANTHIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANTHAXANTHIN; GENOMICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84903937470     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-014-0171-y     Document Type: Review

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