Abstract: Disclosed are nutritional compositions comprising a dryblended mixture of a neat cereal beta-glucan and a resistant starch. The dryblending of the neat cereal beta-glucan and the resistant starch improves the cold water solubility of the nutritional compositions. The dryblended nutritional compositions may further include a Salacia extract.

Abstract: The present invention demonstrated the potential use of Lactobacillus johnsonii D115 as a probiotic, as a prophylactic agent or as a surface treatment of materials against human and animal pathogens such as Brachyspira pilosicoli, Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Vibrio cholera, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Campylobacter jejuni, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Clostridium perfringens, Yersinia enterocolitica, Escherichia coli, Klebbsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp., Bacillus cereus, Aspergillus niger and Fusarium chlamydosporum. The proteineous antimicrobial compound was partially characterized and found to be heat tolerant up to 121° C. for 15 min, and acid tolerant up to pH1 for 30 min at 40° C. The compound is also stable to enzymatic digestion, being able to retain more than 60% antimicrobial activity when treated with pepsin and trypsin.

Abstract: Bacteria of the sp. Bacillus that produce a lipopeptide are found to be effective in the treatment and prophylaxis of gastro-intestinal disease when administered as a probiotic. In particular, a strain of Bacillus bacteria identified as PB6 is useful for the treatment of Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea (AAD) or the more serious condition Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) when administered as a probiotic. Additionally, these bacteria have been found efficient for the treatment of immunorelated diseases such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Abstract: A novel strain of lactic acid bacteria was found to be heat resistant and able to grow in a sulfur-limiting medium (SLM) containing a high concentration of sodium selenite. The microorganism is a non-spore forming and Gram-positive coccus, which is identified with >90% confidence using the API biochemical and sugar fermentation tests, ribotyoing and 16S rRNA sequencing as Pediococcus pentosaceus SP80. In the current study, P. pentosaceus SP80 grown on SLM containing 250 ppm sodium selenite produced both organic and inorganic forms of selenium. These selenium compounds can be separated using an anion exchange chromatography technique. The concentrations of selenium detected in the organic and inorganic fractions were 4.34 and 21.7 ppm, respectively. Selenium-enriched bacteria are useful as a source of selenium for supplementing the diets of animals and humans.