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Beneficial Microbes
Beneficial Microbes
Beneficial microbes are the bacteria, fungi, algae and other microorganisms that are beneficial to the environment or to other organisms. Despite the common myth that "the microbes are bad", these tiny organisms are generally harmless while many of them are rather helpful, only very few being pathogenic. The beneficial microbes confer lots of essential benefits to the wellbeing of plants and animals. For a single human cell in our body, for example, there are 10 cells of the microorganisms which provide us with numerous health benefits such as improvement of our digestion, nutrition and reproduction, detoxification of harmful compounds, development of the immune system, production of vitamin K and so on. Microbes also play key functions in the health and development of plants. We are interested in both of these two types of beneficial microbes that include: (1) Probiotic lactic acid bacteria and (2) Plant growth promoting bacteria.
Exploring Health Benefits of Lactic Acid Bacteria
Exploring Health Benefits of Lactic Acid Bacteria
One of the most important milestones in healthcare during the past decade is the recognition of lactic acid bacteria as probiotics in functional foods and medicine due to their beneficial functions in health-promotion and disease-prevention. The lactic acid bacteria are Gram-positive microaerophilic or anaerobic organisms that produce lactic acid as the main end-product of their anaerobic sugar metabolism. These bacteria are renowned for synthesizing a variety of important metabolites which beneficially affect the nutritional, sensorial, and technological properties of foods. They also protect the host against harmful microorganisms, strengthen the immune system and provide numerous other health benefits such as antioxidant, antimutagenic, anticancer functions etc. Lactic acid bacteria are, therefore, placed among the most important types of beneficial microbes. Few of the lactic acid bacteria with probiotic effects are already being used in a variety of food preparations. A continuous need, however, exists for the isolation of new strains with desired properties. We look forward to discover novel lactic acid bacteria in indigenous foods and seek to explore what health promoting effects they offer.
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Assessment of the In-Vitro Probiotic Efficacy and Safety of Pediococcus pentosaceus L1 and Streptococcus thermophilus L3 Isolated from Laban, a Popular Fermented Milk Product. Archives of Microbiology, 2024
Antioxidant, antimicrobial and emulsification properties of exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria of bovine milk: insights from biochemical and genomic analysis. LWT-Food Science and Technology, 2023
Antipathogenic action and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of the borhani-associated lactic acid bacterium Weissella confusa LAB-11. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 2023
Probiotic characteristics of Pediococcus pentosaceus and Apilactobacillus kunkeei strains: the lactic acid bacteria isolated from Bangladeshi natural honey. Applied Food Biotechnology, 2023
Inhibition of pathogenic microbes by the lactic acid bacteria Limosilactobacillus fermentum strain LAB-1 and Levilactobacillus brevis strain LAB-5 isolated from the dairy beverage borhani. Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, 2022
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Plant Growth Promoting Effects of Rhizobia and Endophytes
Plant Growth Promoting Effects of Rhizobia and Endophytes
Rhizospheric and endophytic microbes having beneficial effects on plant growth and health represent an attractive alternative to the chemical fertilizers. The plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) facilitate plant growth via a number of mechanisms, e.g., regulation of nutritional balance, enhancement of root development, nutrient solubilization, suppression of pathogens, mitigation of environmental stress etc. The chemical fertilizers can also enhance plant growth but they are more expensive and, most importantly, the chemical fertilizers largely harm our agro-ecosystem. The PGPB, in contrast, are ecofriendly and economical. Therefore, PGPB are considered a better alternative to the agrochemicals and expected to reduce or replace the agrochemicals in the future. Our objective is to find out and use PGPB strains in order to promote growth of the local crops without harming the soil's natural environment.
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Phosphate solubilizing rhizobacteria of rice: Analysis of plant growth promoting activity and environmental stress tolerance. Annals of Agribio Research, 2023
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