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The Probiotic Message

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This chapter focuses on the most relevant evidence relating to the bacterial quorum-sensing mechanisms that occur at gastrointestinal level between probiotic bacteria or intestinal inhabitants, and between probiotics and host. Some insights into the language-like exchange at interkingdom level are also given.

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Gobbetti, M., Di Cagno, R. (2012). The Probiotic Message. In: Bacterial Communication in Foods. SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5656-8_4

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