The present invention relates to a probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri strain obtained by growing the bacteria in a medium comprising galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS), so called pre-conditioning. The pre-conditioning method provides boosting effects of the probiotic L. reuteri strain, such as improved mineral absorption, in the gastrointestinal tract. The invention comprises methods for manufacturing and cultivating probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri strains, and products and first and second medical uses of such strains.

The inventive technology generally relates to novel plant endophytic bacterial strains that may colonize discrete plant tissues, and in particular the roots of a plant and may further be engineered to express and deliver interfering RNA molecules throughout the plant.

The inventive technology generally relates to novel plant endophytic bacterial strains that may colonize discrete plant tissues, and in particular the roots of a plant and may further be engineered to express and deliver interfering RNA molecules throughout the plant.

The disclosure, in one aspect, relates to compositions containing non-pathogenic Burkholderia species SSG and/or extracts from SSG cultures and methods of making and using the same. Also disclosed are methods for treating and preventing plant diseases caused by pathogens, the methods including applying the disclosed compositions to plants and/or soil, diseased leaf debris, or other plant growth media surrounding the plants. Finally, disclosed are methods for increasing plant growth using the disclosed compositions. The compositions are effective as well as environmentally benign and are not detrimental to human or animal health This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

The disclosure, in one aspect, relates to compositions containing non-pathogenic Burkholderia species SSG and/or extracts from SSG cultures and methods of making and using the same. Also disclosed are methods for treating and preventing plant diseases caused by pathogens, the methods including applying the disclosed compositions to plants and/or soil, diseased leaf debris, or other plant growth media surrounding the plants. Finally, disclosed are methods for increasing plant growth using the disclosed compositions. The compositions are effective as well as environmentally benign and are not detrimental to human or animal health This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure relates to novel Lactobacillus curvatus WIKIM55 isolated from kimchi, and a composition containing the same. The Lactobacillus curvatus WIKIM55 according to the present disclosure is a probiotic having activities of promoting hair growth and can be diversely applied for intestinal regulation and promotion of hair growth in humans or animals.

The present invention concerns a process for isolating an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales, the use of a culture and/or isolation medium comprising a sterile extract of a bacterial culture of a bacterium of genus Eggerthella, for the isolation and/or culture of an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales, and a pure, isolated archaeon Methanomethylophilus alvus Mx-05. It also concerns a culture method of an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales.

The present invention concerns a process for isolating an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales, the use of a culture and/or isolation medium comprising a sterile extract of a bacterial culture of a bacterium of genus Eggerthella, for the isolation and/or culture of an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales, and a pure, isolated archaeon Methanomethylophilus alvus Mx-05. It also concerns a culture method of an archaeon of the order of commensal clade Methanomassiliicoccales.

A composition composed of xylooligosaccharide, arabinogalactan, inulin, Ganoderma lucidum beta glucan, insoluble yeast β (1, 3/1, 6)-glucan, soluble oat β (1,3/1, 4)-glucan, and insoluble dried Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentate, with a Bacillus coagulans component, for use in improving or maintaining digestive health, weight and glucose balance and boosting immunity is provided.

Non-naturally occurring microorganisms are provided that produce C40 carotenoid compound(s), utilizing exogenously added enzyme activities. Methods of producing C40 carotenoid compounds in microbial cultures, and feed and nutritional supplement compositions that include the C40 carotenoid compounds produced in the microbial cultures, are also provided.