Interactions Among Lactobacilli and Man

Abstract

Lactobacilli and other lactic acid bacteria have been involved intimately with man for centuries. The associations have involved manufacture of various human foods as well as performance of various beneficial interactions in different parts of the human body. Renewed interests in the role of the intestinal microflora again have focused on the intestinal lactobacilli, particularly Lactobacillus acidophilus. © 1976, American Dairy Science Association. All rights reserved.