Bacillus as potential probiotics: Status, concerns, and future perspectives

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2017, Pages

  Elshaghabee, Fouad M F ^a   Rokana, Namita ^b   Gulhane, Rohini D ^b   Sharma, Chetan ^b   Panwar, Harsh ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Beneficial microbes; Human health; Intestinal microbiota; Mechanism of action; Probiotics; Spore formers

Indexed keywords

LIVER TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; NUCLEASE; PHOSPHATASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEINASE; RNA 16S;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYLOGENY; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; RNA GENE; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 85027417571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01490     Document Type: Review

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