Publications by authors named "Isabelle Dequenne"
Article Synopsis
- Climate change, loss of biodiversity, and new threats like pathogens and toxins are major factors contributing to the decline of bee populations.
- This review emphasizes the importance of nutrition, specifically plant-derived nutrients, in enhancing bee health and resilience, highlighting sources like pollen, essential oils, and fungi.
- The microbiota plays a crucial role in bee physiology, linking nutrition and health while also addressing the parasitic dangers posed by the varroa mite, a significant challenge for beekeepers.
How Probiotics Affect the Microbiota.
Grégoire Wieërs Leila Belkhir Raphaël Enaud Sophie Leclercq Jean-Michel Philippart de Foy Isabelle Dequenne
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
September 2020
Probiotics have been used to treat a variety of diseases for decades; however, what is the rationale for their application? Such a treatment was first proposed in the early nineteenth century based on observations of decreased bifidobacterial populations in children suffering from diarrhea, suggesting that oral intake of bifidobacteria could replete this subpopulation of the microbiota and improve health. Since then, studies have shown modifications in the gut or skin microbiota in the course of a variety of diseases and suggested positive effects of certain probiotics. Most studies failed to report any impact on the microbiota.
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