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Enterococci: Between Emerging Pathogens and Potential Probiotics
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-05-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Enterococci are ubiquitous microorganisms that could be found everywhere; in water, plant, soil, foods, and gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals.
They were previously used as starters in food fermentation due to their biotechnological traits (enzymatic and proteolytic activities) or protective cultures in food biopreservation due to their produced antimicrobial bacteriocins called enterocins or as probiotics, live cells with different beneficial characteristics such as stimulation of immunity, anti-inflammatory activity, hypocholesterolemic effect, and prevention/treatment of some diseases.
However, in the last years, the use of enterococci in foods or as probiotics caused an important debate because of their opportunistic pathogenicity implicated in several nosocomial infections due to virulence factors and antibiotic resistance, particularly the emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
These virulence traits of some enterococci are associated with genetic transfer mechanisms.
Therefore, the development of new enterococcal probiotics needs a strict assessment with regard to safety aspects for selecting the truly harmless enterococcal strains for safe applications.
This review tries to give some data of the different points of view about this question.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ben Braïek, Olfa& Smaoui, Slim. 2019. Enterococci: Between Emerging Pathogens and Potential Probiotics. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126341
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ben Braïek, Olfa& Smaoui, Slim. Enterococci: Between Emerging Pathogens and Potential Probiotics. BioMed Research International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126341
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ben Braïek, Olfa& Smaoui, Slim. Enterococci: Between Emerging Pathogens and Potential Probiotics. BioMed Research International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126341
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1126341