5th Edition

Lactic Acid Bacteria Microbiological and Functional Aspects

    764 Pages 60 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Through four editions, Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects, has provided readers with information on the how’s and why’s lactic acid-producing fermentation improves the storability, palatability, and nutritive value of perishable foods. Thoroughly updated and fully revised, with 12 new chapters, the Fifth Edition covers regulatory aspects globally, new findings on health effects, properties and stability of LAB as well as production of target specific LAB. The new edition also addresses the technological use of LAB in various fermentations of food, feed and beverage, and their safety considerations. It features the detailed description of the main genera of LAB as well as such novel bacteria as fructophilic LAB and novel probiotics and discusses such new targets as cognitive function, metabolic health, respiratory health and probiotics.

    Key Features:

    • In 12 new chapters, findings are presented on health effects, properties and stability of LAB as well as production of target specific LAB
    • Covers such novel bacteria as fructophilic LAB and novel probiotics
    • Presents new discoveries related to the mechanisms of lactic acid bacterial metabolism and function
    • Covers the benefits of LAB, both in fermentation of dairy, cereal, meat, vegetable and silage, and their health benefits on humans and animals
    • Discusses the less-known role of LAB as food spoilers
    • Covers the global regulatory framework related to safety and efficacy

    Contents

    Preface...............................................................................................................................................ix

    Editors ...............................................................................................................................................xi

    Contributors ................................................................................................................................... xiii

    Chapter 1 Lactic Acid Bacteria: An Introduction .......................................................................1

    Atte von Wright and Lars Axelsson

    Chapter 2 Genetics of Lactic Acid Bacteria .............................................................................. 17

    Lorenzo Morelli and Atte von Wright

    Chapter 3 Genus Lactococcus ................................................................................................... 33

    Atte von Wright

    Chapter 4 The Genus Lactobacillus .......................................................................................... 47

    Fandi Ibrahim and Arthur C. Ouwehand

    Chapter 5 Fructophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria: An Overview of Their Unique Properties ........ 57

    Akihito Endo

    Chapter 6 Introduction to the Genera Pediococcus, Leuconostoc, Weissella, and

    Carnobacterium........................................................................................................65

    Elina Säde and Johanna Björkroth

    Chapter 7 Streptococcus: A Brief Update on the Current Taxonomic Status of the Genus ......87

    John R. Tagg, Philip A. Wescombe, John D. F. Hale, and Jeremy P. Burton

    Chapter 8 Probiotic Enterococci, Their Enterocins and Their Use in Animals ...................... 109

    Andrea Lauková

    Chapter 9 Bifidobacteria: General Overview of Ecology, Taxonomy, and Genomics ............ 125

    Chiara Ferrario, Francesca Turroni, Douwe van Sinderen,

    and Marco Ventura

    Chapter 10 Bacteriophage and Anti-phage Mechanisms in Lactic Acid Bacteria .................... 139

    Jennifer Mahony, Susan Mills, R. Paul Ross, Horst Neve, Aidan Coffey,

    and Douwe van Sinderen

    Chapter 11 Antimicrobials from Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Potential Applications ........ 151

    Fergus W. J. Collins, Mary C. Rea, Colin Hill, and R. Paul Ross

    Chapter 12 Lactic Acid Bacteria for Fermented Dairy Products .............................................. 175

    Sylvie Binda and Arthur C. Ouwehand

    Chapter 13 Lactic Acid Bacteria in Cereal-Based Products ....................................................... 199

    Michael G. Gänzle and Hannu Salovaara

    Chapter 14 Lactic Acid Bacteria in Meat Fermentations: Role of Autochthonous Starter

    Cultures on Quality, Safety and Health .................................................................. 215

    Graciela Vignolo, Patricia Castellano, Cecilia Fontana, Pier Sandro

    Cocconcelli, and Silvina Fadda

    Chapter 15 Examples of Lactic-Fermented Foods of the African Continent ........................... 235

    Charles M. A. P. Franz and Wilhelm H. Holzapfel

    Chapter 16 Lactic Acid Bacteria in Vegetable Fermentations .................................................. 255

    Kun-Young Park and Boh Kyung Kim

    Chapter 17 Lactic Acid Bacteria and Silage Fermentation ....................................................... 275

    Ibukun M. Ogunade, Oscar C. M. Queiroz, and Kathy G. Arriola

    Chapter 18 Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) in Grape Fermentations: An Example of LAB as

    Contaminants in Food Processing ..........................................................................287

    Eveline Bartowsky

    Chapter 19 Lactic Acid Bacteria in Food Spoilage ...................................................................303

    Vasileios Pothakos and Johanna Björkroth

    Chapter 20 The Production of Lactic Acid Bacteria Starters and Probiotic Cultures:

    An Industrial Perspective ....................................................................................... 317

    Gabriel Vinderola, Claude P. Champagne, and Émilie Desfossés-Foucault

    Chapter 21 Stability of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bifidobacteria in Foods and

    Supplements ........................................................................................................... 337

    Miguel Gueimonde, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, Borja Sánchez,

    Nuria Salazar, and Silvia Arboleya

    Chapter 22 The Safety of Lactic Acid Bacteria for Use in Foods ............................................. 355

    David Obis, Myriam Paris, and Arthur C. Ouwehand

    Chapter 23 Safety of Novel Bacteria for Probiotic Use: European Perspective ........................ 371

    Theodor Brodmann, Seppo Salminen, Wolfgang Kneifel, Gabriel Vinderola,

    and Carlos Gómez-Gallego

    Chapter 24 Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Gut .............................................................................. 383

    Mirjana Rajilić-Stojanović, Suzana Dimitrijević, and Nataša Golić

    Chapter 25 Gastrointestinal Benefits of Probiotics: Clinical Evidence .....................................409

    Arthur C. Ouwehand

    Chapter 26 Probiotics and the Immune System ........................................................................ 423

    Hanne Frøkiær

    Chapter 27 Targeting the Gut Microbiota in Metabolic Disorders and Juvenile Growth:

    Potential Impact of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Next Generation Probiotics ............ 441

    Kassem Makki, Martin Schwarzer, Bernardo Cuffaro, Hubert Vidal,

    Emmanuelle Maguin, and Corinne Grangette

    Chapter 28 Brain–Gut–Microbiota Axis in Mood and Cognition: Impact

    of Psychobiotics .....................................................................................................463

    Mary I. Butler, John F. Cryan, and Timothy G. Dinan

    Chapter 29 Lactic Acid Bacteria and Oral Health ....................................................................485

    Iva Stamatova, Qingru Jiang, and Jukka H. Meurman

    Chapter 30 Human Studies on Probiotics and Endogenous Lactic Acid Bacteria in the

    Female Urogenital Tract ......................................................................................... 495

    Gregor Reid

    Chapter 31 Lactic Acid Bacteria and Respiratory Health: Their Beneficial Effects on

    Viral Infections .......................................................................................................505

    Julio Villena, Alexander Suvorov, Haruki Kitazawa, and Susana Alvarez

    Chapter 32 Human Studies on Probiotics: Infants and Children .............................................. 521

    Hania Szajewska

    Chapter 33 Nutrition Economics: Confirming Benefits of Probiotics and Prebiotics ............... 533

    Aki Koponen and Seppo Salminen

    Chapter 34 Beneficial Microbes for Companion Animals ........................................................ 541

    Minna Rinkinen and Shea Beasley

    Chapter 35 Lactic Acid Bacteria in Aquatic Environments and Their Applications ................ 555

    Beatriz Gómez-Sala, Javier Feito Hermida, Pablo E. Hernández Cruza,

    and Luis M. Cintas Izarra

    Chapter 36 The Use of Probiotics in Nutrition and Disease Prevention in Farm Animals ...... 579

    Alojz Bomba, Radomíra Nemcová, Ladislav Strojný,

    and Dagmar Mudronˇová

    Chapter 37 Probiotic Effects of Non-viable Lactic Acid Bacteria ............................................609

    Marion Bernardeau and Marina Cretenet

    Chapter 38 Probiotics Regulation in Asian and Australasian Countries .................................. 631

    Cyndy Au, Sandy Lin, Wei Shao, Su Jin, Yan Wen, Jasvir Singh,

    Victor Basuki, Hiroko Tanaka, Geun Eog Ji, E-Siong Tee, Julie D. Tan,

    Ming-Ju Chen, Malee Jirawongsy, Le Hoang Vinh, Caroline Gray,

    and Yuan-Kun Lee

    Chapter 39 Probiotics Regulation in Latin American Countries .............................................. 683

    Ana Binetti, Patricia Burns, Daniela Tomei, Jorge Reinheimer,

    and Gabriel Vinderola

    Chapter 40 The Regulation of Probiotics in the United States .................................................693

    Amy B. Smith

    Chapter 41 Regulation of Probiotics in Canada ........................................................................ 711

    Jon-Paul Powers

    Chapter 42 Safety Assessment of Probiotics in the European Union (EU) .............................. 723

    Atte von Wright

    Index .............................................................................................................................................. 735

    Biography

    Gabriel Vinderola is Associate Professor at the Food Engineering Department of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering (National University of Litoral) and Independent Researcher of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at the Industrial Dairy Institute (INLAIN) in Santa Fe (Argentina), and has been a visiting professor (2004) at Moncton´s University (Canada). He is the author of over 90 journal articles and book chapters in the field of probiotic lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria. Dr. Vinderola received his degree (1997) and Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the National University of Litoral (Santa Fe, Argentina). He participated in the development of the first commercial probiotic cheese in Latin America (1999) and he was awarded (2011) as young researcher in Food Technology by the Argentinian National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences.

    Dr. Arthur Ouwehand is Technical Fellow and research manager at DuPont Nutrition & Health in Kantvik, Finland. He has a research background in both academia and industry. His main interest is on functional foods, in particular, probiotics and prebiotics and their influence on the intestinal microbiota. He is active in the International Life Sciences Institute Europe, the International Dairy Federation, the International Probiotics Association and the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics. Dr. Ouwehand received his M.S. degree (1992) in cell biology from Wageningen University (the Netherlands) and his Ph.D. degree (1996) in microbiology from Göteborg University (Sweden). In 1999, he was appointed as an Adjunct Professor in Applied Microbiology at the University of Turku (Finland), and he is the author of more than 250 journal articles and book chapters.

     Seppo Salminen is a Professor and the Director of Functional Foods Forum at the University of Turku, Finland, and has been a visiting professor at the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria. He is the author of over 400 journal articles and book chapters, and the editor or coeditor of several books. He has served in NDA Panel (evaluation of eg novel foods and health claims) and several working groups of the European Food Safety Authority and other international committees including ILSI Europe and International Dairy Federation. Professor Salminen received his M.S. degree (1978) in food science from Washington State University, Pullman, his M.Sc. degree (1979) in food chemistry and technology from the University of Helsinki, Finland, and his Ph.D. degree (1982) in biochemistry and toxicology from the University of Surrey, UK. He is a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and the president elect of the International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP).

    Atte von Wright is the Emeritus Professor of Food Biotechnology at the University of Eastern Finland. He graduated in 1975 from the University of Helsinki, majoring in General Microbiology, obtained his Licentiate of Philosophy degree from the same University in 1978, and his PhD degree from the University of Sussex, UK. His research interest include food toxicology and hygiene, molecular biology of lactic acid bacteria, probiotics and prebiotics and natural bioactive compounds. Besides his University career he has worked as a research group leader in Valio Finnish Coopersative dairies' Association and in the Technical Research Centre of Finland. His previous international duties include working as an expert in the panels of The European Food Safety Authority dealing with the safety aspects of feed additives and genetically modified organisms.