[Biotherapeutic use of yeasts--importance of probiotic products].

Bacteriol Virusol Parazitol Epidemiol

MICROGEN- Centrul de Cercetare, Formare si Consultanţă in Microbiologie, Genetică si Biotehnologie, Universitatea Bucureşti, Facultatea de Biologie.

Published: April 2009

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  • Yeasts have gained attention for their role in creating probiotics, alongside lactic acid bacteria, and various enzymes, highlighting their biotechnological and industrial significance.
  • The study explores yeasts' potential as probiotics for both humans and animals, discussing their mechanisms of action and providing examples of probiotic products from various companies.
  • It also outlines future research prospects for developing new bio-drugs using recombinant yeast strains, positioning yeasts as viable biotherapeutic alternatives to traditional treatments.

Article Abstract

Besides their important biotechnological and industrial applications, yeasts have been used during the last years, in obtaining probiotic products, along with lactic acid bacteria and various enzymes. Our study deals with some aspects regarding the use of yeasts as animal and human probiotics, and their possible mechanisms of action. Also, we present information on probiotic products synthesized by international and national companies. Finally, there are described future prospective of research concerning the applications of recombinant yeast strains as basis for obtaining new bio-drugs. In conclusion, the data comprised in this paper, presents an interesting argument for using yeasts as biotherapeutic agents, an alternative to conventional treatments.

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