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Lactobacillus casei

There are a lot of beneficial microbial populations in the intestinal tracts of human beings and animals as well as in the traditional fermented food etc., playing important physiological roles in digestion & absorption of nutrition, body growth & development, immunity & antagonism and so on. Lactobacillus are known to produce metabolic products that are antibacterial and allow them to compete more effectively in certain environments. It is not believed to be known that lactobacilli produce any separately isolatable metabolic products which inhibit yeast and mold. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are indigenous microflora of mammalian gastrointestinal tract that play an important role in the host microecology and have been credited with an impressive list of therapeutic and prophylactic properties. These therapeutic and prophylactic properties include, but not limited to the maintenance of microbial ecology of the gut, physiological, immuno-modulatory and antimicrobial effects. Other LAB associated attributes include enzyme release into the intestinal lumen that act synergistically with LAB adhesion to alleviate symptoms of intestinal malabsorption. Lactobacillus casei is good in taste as lactic acid bacteria in mixture with Bifidobacterium longum, which is recommended for infants and adults, or alternatively blended the separately cultivated bacteria, so as to obtain various bifidobacteria-containing fermented milks.

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