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Benefaction of Probiotics for Human Health

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The human microbiota is made up of a diverse and vibrant set of bacteria that are only found in humans. Over 100–1000 microbes in the human gut essentially regulate the host’s internal environment and, thus, significantly impact host health. This excellent symbiotic interaction has drawn much attention from researchers. Live microbes, called probiotics, are helpful bacteria that provide dietary and clinical benefits due to their various beneficial characteristics. Probiotic strains have a substantial impact on improving human health. Bacteria, yeast, and the bacteria and yeast species Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium are among the most often utilized probiotic strains. Microbiology and biotechnology researchers are increasingly interested in probiotics because of the potential benefits they may provide to human health in the face of infection. Numerous high-quality clinical investigations have shown that using probiotics is beneficial. Inflammatory bowel disease, allergies, urogenital infections, Helicobacter pylori infections, and gastrointestinal problems are only some of the conditions that probiotics have shown promise in treating. This chapter intends to highlight the benefaction of probiotics on human health, the medical field, and improved living.

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  1. National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Maryam Fatima & Sultan Mehmood Ghani

  2. Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    Samia Khanum

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Al Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma’an, Jordan

    Abdel Rahman Mohammad Said Al-Tawaha

  4. Department of Microbiology, School of Bioengineering and BioSciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India

    Arun Karnwal

  5. Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata, India

    Abhijit Dey

  6. Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crop Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Abdel Razzaq M. Al Tawaha

  7. School of Life Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Iftikhar Ali

  8. Centre for Plant Science and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Charbagh, Pakistan

    Iftikhar Ali

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Fatima, M. et al. (2023). Benefaction of Probiotics for Human Health. In: Karnwal, A., Mohammad Said Al-Tawaha, A.R. (eds) Food Microbial Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4784-3_5

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