Original title: Probiotic Species in the Modulation of Gut Microbiota: An Overview
The gut is home to many microbes that interact with the body and the food it gets. Probiotics are microbial strains considered beneficial to health. This review discusses Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and other bacteria, plus research on Saccharomyces yeast. It describes how these microbes may affect immunity and disease, including through short-chain fatty acidsSubstances made by microbes that the paper links to immune activity., substances produced by microbes.
Imagine tending a garden where many kinds of plants share the same soil. Some plants may help the garden cope with trouble, but what they do depends on the other plants and the nutrients available. In this paper, the garden is the gut community, and the plants stand for microbes whose effects on health and immunity the review discusses.
The gut’s microbes interact with food, the body’s cells, and the immune system. Understanding how probiotic strains affect that community could help researchers assess their possible role in conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and inflammatory bowel disease.
The abstract describes a broad review, not a specific clinical trial or a test of whether probiotics prevent disease in people. It does not give details about which strains work best, how much to use, or how strong the evidence is for each condition.
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Probiotic Species in the Modulation of Gut Microbiota: An Overview — Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Manobendro Sarker, Tiejun Li et al. — BioMed Research International — doi:10.1155/2018/9478630
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