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Advances in Microbial Ecology pp 147–171Cite as

The Microecology of Lactobacilli Inhabiting the Gastrointestinal Tract

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Microbiological interest in lactobacilli inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract of vertebrate animals dates, traditionally, from the publications of Metchnikoff originating more than 80 years ago. One can, at least, trace to that epoch the concept that lactobacilli, ingested as a dietary supplement in fermented milk products, have health-promoting effects. Metchnikoff, convinced that the human colon acted as a reservoir of proteolytic bacteria that generated substances toxic to the host’s tissues, advocated the consumption of milk products that had undergone a lactic fermentation. Milk fermented by lactic acid-producing bacteria, it had been observed, did not provide a suitable medium for proteolytic (putrefactive) microbes. Colonization of the colon by bacteria capable of producing a lactic acid fermentation, it was reasoned, would inhibit the proliferation of putrefactive microbes in that site, thus protecting the host from diseases caused by toxins generated by proteolytic bacteria. Fermented milk products which had long been a part of the diets of eastern Europeans became popular in the West (Metchnikoff, 1907; Tannock, 1981; Tannock, 1984).

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Tannock, G.W. (1990). The Microecology of Lactobacilli Inhabiting the Gastrointestinal Tract. In: Marshall, K.C. (eds) Advances in Microbial Ecology. Advances in Microbial Ecology, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7612-5_4

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