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Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum JDM301.

Overexpression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of xylulose-5-phosphate/fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase from Bifidobacterium breve.

Biochemical patterns in ovine cheese: influence of probiotic strains.

Probiotics--do they have a role in medicine and dentistry?

Lactic acid fermentation of germinated barley fiber and proliferative function of colonic epithelial cells in loperamide-induced rats.

Orally administered bifidobacteria as vehicles for delivery of agents to systemic tumors.

Molecular characterisation of the faecal microbiota in patients with type II diabetes.

Nursing our microbiota: molecular linkages between bifidobacteria and milk oligosaccharides.

DnaK from Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis is a surface-exposed human plasminogen receptor upregulated in response to bile salts.

Analyses of bifidobacterial prophage-like sequences.

Treatment of relapsing mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis with the probiotic VSL#3 as adjunctive to a standard pharmaceutical treatment: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

Lactic acid bacteria enhance autophagic ability of mononuclear phagocytes by increasing Th1 autophagy-promoting cytokine (IFN-gamma) and nitric oxide (NO) levels and reducing Th2 autophagy-restraining cytokines (IL-4 and IL-13) in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen.

The probiotic paradox: live and dead cells are biological response modifiers.

Late rather than early responses of human dendritic cells highlight selective induction of cytokines, chemokines and growth factors by probiotic bacteria.

Improvement of transformation efficiency through in vitro methylation and SacII site mutation of plasmid vector in Bifidobacterium longum MG1.

Probiotics: current trends in the treatment of diarrhoea.

Differential impact of lactose/lactase phenotype on colonic microflora.

Impact of maternal probiotic-supplemented dietary counselling on pregnancy outcome and prenatal and postnatal growth: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

In vitro modulation of the human gastrointestinal microbial community by plant-derived polysaccharide-rich dietary supplements.

Adhesion and immunomodulatory effects of Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 on intestinal epithelial cells INT-407.