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Article: Develop new probiotics and prebiotics.
- Article from:
- Emerging Food R&D Report
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
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Scientists at the University of New South Wales (Cooperative Research Center for Food Industry Innovation, Department of Biotechnology, Sydney NSW 2052 Australia) are identifying and developing novel probiotic microorganisms-beneficial gut bacteria. They're establishing the microbes' efficacy in improving human or animal health as the microbes colonize in the gastrointestinal tract.
Other aspects of the New South Wales research involve developing improved prebiotics-food components that act to stimulate the growth or activity of beneficial microorganisms in the colon. Also under development are culture protagonists, food ingredients that promote the survival of ...