Table of Contents
Preface v
1 Probiotic Social Life, Biochemical Cross-talk and Ecological Relationships Among Bacteria Enrica Pessione 1
2 Fighting Off Human Infections: A New Role for Bacteriocin Molecules Konstantinos Papadimitriou Voula Alexandraki Effie Tsakalidou 22
3 Lactic Acid Bacteria to Modulate Virulence Expression in Pathogenic Bacteria: An Alternative to Killing? Sergine Even Damien Bouchard Yves Le Loir 52
4 Probiotic-Mediated Modulation of Host Gene Expression Sarah O'Flaherty 81
5 Bifidobacteria and their Interaction with the Gastrointestinal Environment Borja Sánchez Irene González-Rodríguez Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán Patricia Ruas-Madiedo Abelardo Margolles 99
6 New Probiotics: Dairy Propionibacteria and the Modulation of Gut Microbiota and Physiology Stéphanie-Marie Deutsch Gwénaël Jan 122
7 Neuro-active Compounds Produced by Probiotics: Towards a Microbiota-(Gut-) Brain Axis Control? Roberto Mazzoli 148
8 Nutraceutical and Antioxidant Potential of Probiotics: The Case of Selenium Fixing Bacteria and Selenium Enriched Yeasts Erika Mangiapane 177
9 The Double Face of Bacteria and the Ambiguous Role of Some Probiotics Alessandro Pessione 196
10 Probiotics Meets Proteomics: How Proteomics Can Contribute to Risk Assessment and Biomolecular Understanding Stephan Fuchs Katharina Riedel 215
11 Prebiotic Enhancement of Probiotic Potential: Oligosaccharides Triggering Modification of Protein Profiles in Lactic Acid Bacteria Avishek Majumder Morten Ejby Gabriella C. van Zanten Anne Knudsen Sampo J. Lahtinen Birte Svensson Susanne Jacobsen 233
Index 255
Color Plate Section 257
