Probing the microbial diversity and probiotic candidates from Pakistani foods: isolation, characterization, and functional profiling.

ABSTRACT: Probiotics represent beneficial living microorganisms that confer physiological, nutritional, and functional advantages to human health, holding significant potential for development of functional foods. This research aimed to isolate, identify, and characterize potential probiotic bacterial strains sourced from fermented and non-fermented foods from Pakistan. A total of 341 bacterial strains were isolated from diverse food samples (81) collected from various regions of Pakistan. Strains were identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The identified strains belonged to genera Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Microbacterium, Shigella, Micrococcus, Enterococcus, Sporosarcina, Paenibacillus, Limosilactobacillus,

SUBMITTER: Mumtaz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10838259 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature