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Article: Improve understanding of bifidobacteria on the molecular level.
- Article from:
- Emerging Food R&D Report
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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The complex microbial communities that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract play a vital role in maintaining gut health and homeostasis. But we do not completely understand the mechanisms involved in their activity.
Scientists at the U.K.'s Institute of Food Research are using molecular techniques to improve their understanding of these processes. The institute's focus on the biology of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria is relevant to food fermentation and probiotics.
Researchers want to increase their knowledge of the molecular genetics of lactic acid bacteria. They have completed a collaborative project to determine the genome sequence of the ...