Lactic acid bacteria : microbiological and functional aspects,3rd ed.

1. Lactic Acid Bacteria: Classific ation and Physi ology Lars Axelsson 2. Bifidoba cteria and Probi otic Acti on Jean Ballongue 3. An Update on Probi otic Bifido bacteria Ross Crittenden 4. The Probi otic Potential of Propioni bacteria Arthur C. Ouwehand 5. Industrial Use and Produc tion of Lactic Acid Bacte ria Annika Ma¨yra¨-Ma¨kinen and Marc Bigret 6. The Gen us En terococc us: Biotechno logical and Safety Issues Charles M. A. P. Franz and Wilhelm H. Holzapfel 7. Genetics of Lactic Acid Bacte ria Lorenzo Morelli, Finn K. Vogensen, and Atte von Wright 8. Bacteriophag e and Ant iphage Mechani sms of Lact ic Acid Ba cteria Jytte Josephsen and Horst Neve Copyright © 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hoang-Dung TRAN and friends 9. Mat hematica l Modeli ng of Intest inal Ba cteria–Host Interactions Yuan-Kun Lee 10. Met hods for Analyzing Gut Microbiot a Miguel Gue imonde and Seppo Salmin en 11. Ant imicrobial Compon ents from Lact ic Acid Ba cteria Arthur C. Ouwehand and Satu Vesterlund 12. Lactic Acid Bacteria as a Tool for Enhancing Food Safety by Re moval of Dietary Toxins Hani El-Nezami, Hannu Mykka¨nen, Carolyn Haskard, Seppo Salminen, and Eeva Salminen 13. Prebi otics and Lactic Acid Bacte ria Thea Scantlebury Manning, Robert Rastall, and Glenn Gibson 14. La ctic Acid Bacteria in Veg etable Ferment ations Maarit Ma¨ki 15. La ctic Acid Bacteria in Cerea l-Based Produc ts Hannu Salovaara 16. Hum an Lact ic Acid Mic roflora and Its Role in the Wel fare of the Host Marika Mikelsaar, Reet Ma¨ndar, Epp Sepp, and Heidi Annuk 17. La ctic Acid Bacteria and Intestina l Drug and Cho lesterol Met abolism Alice H. Lichtenstein and Barry R. Goldin 18. Hum an Studi es on Probiotics : What Is Scientifical ly Proven To day? Seppo Salminen, S. Gorbach, Yuan-Kun Lee, and Y. Benno 19. Sa fety of Novel Probi otic Bacteria Diana C. Donohue 20. La ctic Acid Bacteria as Ani mal Probi otics Juha Nousiainen, Pa¨ ivi Javanainen, Jouko Seta¨la¨, and Atte von Wright 21. La ctic Acid Bacteria in Fish and Fish Farming Einar Ringø 22. Future Directions of Research and Product Development of Lactic Acid Bacte ria Seppo Salminen, Arthur C. Ouwehand, Atte von Wright, and Charles Daly