The Bifidobacteria and Related Organisms Biology Taxonomy Applications 1st Edition by Paola Mattarelli, Bruno Biavati, Wilhelm Holzapfel, Brian Wood 0128050608 9780128050606

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ISBN 10: 0128050608

ISBN 13: 9780128050606

Author: Paola Mattarelli, Bruno Biavati, Wilhelm H. Holzapfel, Brian JB Wood

The Bifidobacteria and Related Organisms: Biology, Taxonomy, Applications brings together authoritative reviews on all aspects of Bifidobacteria and related genera. Their place within the Phylum Actinobacteria is discussed first, and this is followed by descriptions of the genera Bifidobacterium, Alloscardovia, Aeriscardovia, Bombiscardovia, Gardnerella, Metascardovia, Parascardovia and Scardovia and the currently accredited species within those genera.

The increased availability of genome sequences and molecular tools for studying bifidobacteria provides important information about their taxonomy, physiology and interactions with their host. Also considerations about common bifidobacterial core maintenance during the mutual coevolution of a host and its intestinal microbes could be relevant for health claims for the ability of symbiotic gut bacteria to provide health benefits to their host, and for evaluating such claims in scientifically valid experiments.

Chemotaxonomy is important to our understanding of these genera and so is considered along with physiological and biochemical aspects before proceeding to examine clinical and other practical aspects. The ability to maintain pure cultures and to grow cells in industrial quantities when required for applications requires that the cells’ environmental and nutritional needs are well understood. Some species are important clinically and as animal digestive tract synbionts—and even play a part in honey production—so these matters are considered along with milk oligosaccharides’ roles in gut flora development in neonates.

• Presents information on all bacteria in this group in one place
• Provides applications and technological considerations placed alongside more academic matters such as nomenclature and phylogeny
• Includes basic information on the beneficial role of bifidobacteria in the human gut, with particular importance for infants
• Provides information on genomic and gene modification technologies

Table of contents:

1. The Phylum Actinobacteria

2. Species in the Genus Bifidobacterium

3. Related Genera Within the Family Bifidobacteriaceae

4. Isolation, Cultivation, and Storage of Bifidobacteria

5. Chemotaxonomic Features in the Bifidobacteriaceae Family

6. Nutritional Requirements of Bifidobacteria

7. Stress Responses of Bifidobacteria: Oxygen and Bile Acid as the Stressors

8. Carbohydrate Metabolism in Bifidobacteria

9. Interactions Between Bifidobacteria, Milk Oligosaccharides, and Neonate Hosts

10. Biological Activities and Applications of Bifidobacterial Exopolysaccharides: From the Bacteria and Host Perspective

11. Folate and Bifidobacteria

12. Bifidobacteria: Ecology and Coevolution With the Host

13. Clinical Significance of Bifidobacteria

14. Honeybee-Specific Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli

15. Genetic Manipulation and Gene Modification Technologies in Bifidobacteria

16. Production of Probiotic Bifidobacteria

17. Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics: A Bifidobacterial View

18. Evidence of the In Vitro and In Vivo Immunological Relevance of Bifidobacteria

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