Stress Physiology of Lactic Acid Bacteria
Agricultural University of Athens · University of Groningen · +12 more institutions
Abstract
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are important starter, commensal, or pathogenic microorganisms. The stress physiology of LAB has been studied in depth for over 2 decades, fueled mostly by the technological implications of LAB robustness in the food industry. Survival of probiotic LAB in the host and the potential relatedness of LAB virulence to their stress resilience have intensified interest in the field. Thus, a wealth of information concerning stress responses exists today for strains as diverse as starter (e.g., Lactococcus lactis), probiotic (e.g., several Lactobacillus spp.), and pathogenic (e.g., Enterococcus and Streptococcus spp.) LAB. Here we present the state of the art for LAB stress behavior. We…
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17Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Probiotic
- Lactococcus lactis
- Microbiology
- Population
- Context (archaeology)
- Lactobacillus
- Bacteria