Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
January 2008
Journal
MicrobeWorld Radio of the American Society for Microbiology
Abstract
TODAY ON MICROBEWORLD – LET’S HEAR IT FOR PROBIOTICS. PROBIOTICS ARE MAKING HEADLINES AS STUDIES REVEAL THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN TREATING GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND THE SIDE EFFECTS OF ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY. PROBIOTICS ARE BENEFICIAL BACTERIA, LIKE THOSE FOUND IN YOGURT THAT AID THE GROWTH OF HEALTHY INTESTINAL FLORA. BUT BEFORE THEY CAN COLONIZE THE GI TRACT, PROBIOTICS HAVE TO SURVIVE THE HARSH ENVIRONMENT OF THE STOMACH. SO THE SEARCH IS ON FOR PROBIOTICS THAT HAVE UNIQUE SURVIVAL SKILLS.