Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118 and Reduced Risk of Listeria Monocytogenes Infection

• Bacteriocin production as a mechanism for the antiinfective activity of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118

  • 2007-05
  • Clinical Trial
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(18)
  • • S. Corr
    • Yin Li
    • C. Riedel
    • P. O’Toole
    • C. Hill
    • C. Gahan

  • PubMed: 17456596
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700440104

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Risk of Listeria Monocytogenes Infection

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Animal Study

  produces a bacteriocin in vivo that can significantly protect mice against infection with the invasive foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes