title: Lactobacillus plantarum and Its Probiotic and Food Potentialities.
abstract: The number of studies claiming probiotic health effects of Lactobacillus plantarum is escalating. Lb. plantarum is a lactic acid bacterium found in diverse ecological niches, highlighting its particular capabilities of adaptation and genome plasticity. Another function that needs to be underlined is the capabilities of Lb. plantarum to produce diverse and potent bacteriocins, which are antimicrobial peptides with possible applications as food preservative or antibiotic complementary agents. Taken together, all these characteristics design Lb. plantarum as a genuine model for academic research and viable biological agent with promising applications. The present review aims at shedding light on the safety of Lb. plantarum and run through the main studies underpinning its beneficial claims. The mechanisms explaining probiotic-related features are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Univ. Lille, INRA, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, EA 7394 - ICV - Institut Charles Viollette, F-59000, Lille, France.|Laboratoire de Microbiologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie de l'Université de Bejaia, 06000, Bejaia, Algeria.
authors.forename: Hamza Ait
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Seddik
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie de l'Université de Bejaia, 06000, Bejaia, Algeria.
authors.forename: Farida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bendali
authors.affiliation: Univ. Lille, INRA, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, EA 7394 - ICV - Institut Charles Viollette, F-59000, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gancel
authors.affiliation: STELA Dairy Research Center, Nutrition and Functional Foods Institute, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fliss
authors.affiliation: Department of Science of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spano
authors.affiliation: Univ. Lille, INRA, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, EA 7394 - ICV - Institut Charles Viollette, F-59000, Lille, France. djamel.drider@univ-lille1.fr.
authors.forename: Djamel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drider
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005519:Food Preservation; D005520:Food Preservatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D048191:Lactiplantibacillus plantarum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D019936:Probiotics / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005520:Food Preservatives
keywords: Lactic acid bacteria; Lb. plantarum; Lb. plantarum genome; Probiotic safety