Light Shed On The Secret Behind Probiotic Bacteria Promoting Health

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 10:21 in Biology & Nature

Functional food is the food industry's fastest-growing product group, its leading products including dairy products which contain probiotics, that is, bacteria promoting health. Valio's Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG®) is the most frequently studied and used probiotic. Scientists have now determined the genome sequences of LGG and a bacterium closely related to it.

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