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Disease prevention by natural antioxidants and prebiotics acting as ROS scavengers in the gastrointestinal tract

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Fermented, ropy, oat-based products reduce cholesterol levels and stimulate the bifidobacteria flora in humans

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The effect of prebiotics on production of antimicrobial compounds, resistance to growth at low pH and in the presence of bile, and adhesion of probiotic cells to intestinal mucus

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A beta-glucosidase gene isolated from wine Lactobacillus plantarum is regulated by abiotic stresses

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Determination of the essential nutrient requirements of wine-related bacteria from the genera Oenococcus and Lactobacillus

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Probiotic features of Lactobacillus plantarum mutant strains

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Novel bifidobacterial glycosidases acting on sugar chains of mucin glycoproteins

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Screening of Exopolysaccharide-Producing Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium Strains Isolated from the Human Intestinal Microbiota

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Inhibition of the adhesion of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains to HT-29 cells in culture by chito-oligosaccharides

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Environmental factors influencing growth of and exopolysaccharide formation by Pediococcus parvulus 2.6

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Lactobacillus paracasei NFBC 338 producing recombinant beta-glucan positively influences the functional properties of yoghurt

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Chemical and Rheological Properties of the β-Glucan Produced by Pediococcus parvulus 2.6

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Selection and Characterization of Conditionally Active Promoters in Lactobacillus plantarum , Using Alanine Racemase as a Promoter Probe

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Dietary fibre: new frontiers for food and health

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A new chemically defined medium for wine lactic acid bacteria

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Cloning, production, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a glycosidase from the food lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum CECT 748T

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The hsp 16 Gene of the Probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus Is Differently Regulated by Salt, High Temperature and Acidic Stresses, as Revealed by Reverse Transcription Quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) Analysis

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Exopolysaccharides Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria: From Health-Promoting Benefits to Stress Tolerance Mechanisms

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Production, Properties, and Industrial Food Application of Lactic Acid Bacteria-Derived Exopolysaccharides

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Lactic Acid Bacteria Producing B-Group Vitamins: A Great Potential for Functional Cereals Products

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Linking Soil Microbial Diversity to Modern Agriculture Practices: A Review

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Bacterial exopolysaccharides as emerging bioactive macromolecules: from fundamentals to applications

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Sugar-Coated: Exopolysaccharide Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria for Food and Human Health Applications

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Biopolymers from Lactic Acid Bacteria. Novel Applications in Foods and Beverages

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Current applications, selection, and possible mechanisms of actions of synbiotics in improving the growth and health status in aquaculture: A review

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Identification, characterization, and probiotic potential of Lactobacillus rhamnosus isolated from human milk

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Lactic Acid Bacteria Exopolysaccharides Producers: A Sustainable Tool for Functional Foods

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Exopolysaccharides Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bifidobacteria: Structures, Physiochemical Functions and Applications in the Food Industry

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Non-digestible long chain beta-glucans as novel prebiotics

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How probiotics face food stress: They get by with a little help

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Biological Functions of Exopolysaccharides from Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Potential Benefits for Humans and Farmed Animals

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Barley β-Glucans-Containing Food Enhances Probiotic Performances of Beneficial Bacteria

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The gut microbiota influenced by the intake of probiotics and functional foods with prebiotics can sustain wellness and alleviate certain ailments like gut-inflammation and colon-cancer

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Lactobacillus plantarum strains for multifunctional oat-based foods

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Lactobacillus plantarum passage through an oro-gastro-intestinal tract simulator: Carrier matrix effect and transcriptional analysis of genes associated to stress and probiosis

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A synbiotic improves the immunity of white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei: Metabolomic analysis reveal compelling evidence

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Functional and health-promoting properties of probiotics’ exopolysaccharides; isolation, characterization, and applications in the food industry

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Probiotic abilities of riboflavin-overproducing Lactobacillus strains: a novel promising application of probiotics

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Can psychobiotics “mood” ify gut? An update systematic review of randomized controlled trials in healthy and clinical subjects, on anti-depressant effects of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics

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Zebrafish gut colonization by mCherry-labelled lactic acid bacteria

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A Diverse Repertoire of Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis Gene Clusters in Lactobacillus Revealed by Comparative Analysis in 106 Sequenced Genomes

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The potential of lactic acid bacteria to colonize biotic and abiotic surfaces and the investigation of their interactions and mechanisms

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Probiotic Delivery through Non-Dairy Plant-Based Food Matrices

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Prebiotics to Fight Diseases: Reality or Fiction?

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Biotherapy Using Probiotics as Therapeutic Agents to Restore the Gut Microbiota to Relieve Gastrointestinal Tract Inflammation, IBD, IBS and Prevent Induction of Cancer

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Superior prebiotic and physicochemical properties of novel dextran from Weissella cibaria JAG8 for potential food applications

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The Role of Bacteria, Probiotics and Diet in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Dietary Nutrients, Proteomes, and Adhesion of Probiotic Lactobacilli to Mucin and Host Epithelial Cells

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Structurally Different Pectic Oligosaccharides Produced from Apple Pomace and Their Biological Activity In Vitro

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Probiotics: Health benefits, food application, and colonization in the human gastrointestinal tract

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