Microbiology & Immunology Publications
Title
Biosurfactants produced by Lactobacillus
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2010
Journal
Gut Microbes
Volume
1
Issue
6
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.4161/gmic.1.6.14079
Abstract
In demonstrating that it is feasible to create a community-run kitchen that produces probiotic yogurt, and that this can contribute to the health of people with HIV/AIDS, we embellished the 2001 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Probiotics that recommended efforts be made to take probiotics to developing countries. We proved that driven by humanitarian goals not profit, probiotic yogurt can be produced in the world's poor regions. This food can be safely consumed by HIV/AIDS subjects, and in many of them benefits can be accrued in gut health, nutritional and potentially immune status. Such outcomes have a scientific rationale, many social implications, and perhaps most importantly raise the question, why have developed countries not tried harder to bring nutrition-based probiotics to people in need?. © 2010 Landes Bioscience.