This book underlines the importance of reciprocal interactions between probiotics and humans in terms of stress induction, epigenetic control of cellular responses, oxidative status, bioactive molecules biosynthesis, moonlighting proteins secretion, endogenous toxins neutralization, and several other biological functions. It explores how these responses can affect metabolism and metabolic-related disorders, gutbrain axis balance, mood, inflammatory, allergic and anti-infective reactions, cancer, and ageing. The book explores how probiotics create a dynamic and "fluid" network of signals able to control the balance between healthy and altered human status.
Preface
Probiotic Social Life, Biochemical Cross-talk and Ecological Relationships Among Bacteria Enrica Pessione
Fighting Off Human Infections: A New Role for Bacteriocin Molecules Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Voula Alexandraki and Effie Tsakalidou
Lactic Acid Bacteria to Modulate Virulence Expression in Pathogenic Bacteria: An Alternative to Killing? Sergine Even, Damien Bouchard and Yves Le Loir
Probiotic-Mediated Modulation of Host Gene Expression Sarah O’Flaherty
Bifidobacteria and their Interaction with the Gastrointestinal Environment Borja Sánchez, Irene González-Rodríguez, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo and Abelardo Margolles
New Probiotics: Dairy Propionibacteria and the Modulation of Gut Microbiota and Physiology Stéphanie-Marie Deutsch and Gwénaël Jan
Neuro-active Compounds Produced by Probiotics: Towards a Microbiota-(Gut-) Brain Axis Control? Roberto Mazzoli
Nutraceutical and Antioxidant Potential of Probiotics: The Case of Selenium Fixing Bacteria and Selenium Enriched Yeasts Erika Mangiapane
The Double Face of Bacteria and the Ambiguous Role of Some Probiotics Alessandro Pessione
Probiotics Meets Proteomics: How Proteomics Can Contribute to Risk Assessment and Biomolecular Understanding Stephan Fuchs and Katharina Riedel
Prebiotic Enhancement of Probiotic Potential: Oligosaccharides Triggering Modification of Protein Profiles in Lactic Acid Bacteria Avishek Majumder, Morten Ejby, Gabriella C. van Zanten, Anne Knudsen, Sampo J. Lahtinen, Birte Svensson and Susanne Jacobsen
Index
Color Plate Section
Biography
Enrica Pessione
