About this Research Topic
Probiotics are increasingly used in animal feed and are also slowly being implemented in animal production, including fermented diet. Probiotics or fermented diet have gained popularity of potential benefits in feed for animal and animal models have emerged. Fermented diet has been proven to produce organic acids (especially lactic acid) by microbial degradation of water-soluble carbohydrates to create anaerobiosis and environmental acidity, and inhibit the proliferation of decaying microorganisms. Nevertheless, diet modulates the gut microbiome, which in turn can impact the immune system. The fermented diet has a noticeable impact on reducing inflammatory markers and modulating immune responses. Probiotics supplementation or fermented diet are thought to have beneficial effects for animals, however, its impact on the gut microbiome is less clear and is yet to be robustly investigated. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the function of the probiotics or fermented diet on gut microbiome and host health.
The present Research Topic aims to collect original research and review papers on latest use of probiotics or fermented diet, including metagenomics and metabolomics, in microbiology, with regard to research focusing on the microbial community diversity and structure of fermented diet regulated by probiotics, and the gut microbiome and immune system modulated by probiotics or fermented diet in healthy animals from researchers working in the field of food microbiology and gut microbiome. The Topic will also cover the isolation and identification of functional probiotics from fermented diet and gut, and the activities and influences of isolated probiotics in fermented diet and gut microbiome will also be collected.
We welcome submissions including original research articles, and reviews that contribute innovative knowledge to the following but not limited to potential research topics:
• Identification of functional probiotics and the activities of isolated probiotics in fermented diet.
• Exploring the impacts of probiotics in gut microbiome structure and function.
• Examining the relationship between fermented diet and gut microbiome structure and/or function.
The present Research Topic aims to collect original research and review papers on latest use of probiotics or fermented diet, including metagenomics and metabolomics, in microbiology, with regard to research focusing on the microbial community diversity and structure of fermented diet regulated by probiotics, and the gut microbiome and immune system modulated by probiotics or fermented diet in healthy animals from researchers working in the field of food microbiology and gut microbiome. The Topic will also cover the isolation and identification of functional probiotics from fermented diet and gut, and the activities and influences of isolated probiotics in fermented diet and gut microbiome will also be collected.
We welcome submissions including original research articles, and reviews that contribute innovative knowledge to the following but not limited to potential research topics:
• Identification of functional probiotics and the activities of isolated probiotics in fermented diet.
• Exploring the impacts of probiotics in gut microbiome structure and function.
• Examining the relationship between fermented diet and gut microbiome structure and/or function.
Keywords: Probiotics, Fermented profiles, Microbiome, Metabolome, Host health
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