{"title":"Probiotic Potential, Safety, and Technological Attributes of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum R2: Potent Antibiofilm and Cytotoxic Efficacy.","authors":"Parisa Ghasemi, Behrooz Alizadeh Behbahani, Mohammad Noshad, Zahra Nikfarjam, Alireza Vasiee","doi":"10.1007/s12602-026-11015-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-026-11015-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20506,"journal":{"name":"Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carmem Duarte Lima Campos, Amanda Graziella Goncalves Mendes, José Lima Pereira-Filho, Viviane da Silva Sousa Almeida, Ana Beatriz Santos Sousa, Israel Viegas Moreira, João Lucas do Carmo Lima, Aleania Polassa Almeida Pereira, Allysson Kayron Carvalho Silva, Laís Araújo Souza Wolff, Kátia Regina Assunção Borges, Cristianne Roberta Rhoden, Cinara Regina Aragão Vieira Monteiro, Cristina de Andrade Monteiro, Elizabeth Soares Fernandes, Valério Monteiro-Neto
{"title":"Comprehensive Genomic Characterization and Probiotic Properties Evaluation of Limosilactobacillus fermentum JAC 231 Isolated from Vaginal Microbiota.","authors":"Carmem Duarte Lima Campos, Amanda Graziella Goncalves Mendes, José Lima Pereira-Filho, Viviane da Silva Sousa Almeida, Ana Beatriz Santos Sousa, Israel Viegas Moreira, João Lucas do Carmo Lima, Aleania Polassa Almeida Pereira, Allysson Kayron Carvalho Silva, Laís Araújo Souza Wolff, Kátia Regina Assunção Borges, Cristianne Roberta Rhoden, Cinara Regina Aragão Vieira Monteiro, Cristina de Andrade Monteiro, Elizabeth Soares Fernandes, Valério Monteiro-Neto","doi":"10.1007/s12602-026-11025-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-026-11025-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20506,"journal":{"name":"Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Azmat Ullah Jan, Hu Chen, Muhammad Ishaq, Mengya Jia, Ali Sher Bacha, Qiang Li, Mengyan Chen, Zitong Ding, Xusheng Guo
{"title":"Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis and Enterococcus hirae Enhance Immunity by Modulating Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Pathways in Immunosuppressed Mice.","authors":"Azmat Ullah Jan, Hu Chen, Muhammad Ishaq, Mengya Jia, Ali Sher Bacha, Qiang Li, Mengyan Chen, Zitong Ding, Xusheng Guo","doi":"10.1007/s12602-026-11020-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-026-11020-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20506,"journal":{"name":"Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systematic Categorization and Functional Diversity of Secondary Metabolites from Bacillus spp.: A Review.","authors":"Yihan Lv, Huanxu Sun, Tajin Wang, Xinyue Wang, Haipeng Zhang, Hongxia Ma","doi":"10.1007/s12602-026-11007-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-026-11007-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microbial secondary metabolites shape interactions across agricultural, food, and clinical settings, and many have seeded modern antimicrobial discovery. Bacillus species are particularly prolific producers, encoding biosynthetic systems that generate chemically diverse metabolite families, ranging from lipopeptides and peptides to macrolactones, organic acids, polyketides, and squalenes with activities that extend beyond growth inhibition to antibiofilm effects, signaling, and host-relevant phenotypes. Here we systematically categorize Bacillus-derived secondary metabolites based on biosynthetic logic and chemical scaffolds, synthesize current understanding of their modes of action, and highlight representative structure-function relationships that explain potency, spectrum, and context dependence. We further discuss practical considerations that constrain translation, including metabolite heterogeneity in complex mixtures, yield and manufacturability, cytotoxicity and stability, and challenges in assigning causality to specific compounds in vivo. Finally, we outline emerging opportunities leveraging genome mining, metabolomics-enabled dereplication, and synthetic biology. These approaches allow for the prioritization of promising metabolites and the tailoring of their deployment across agriculture, food systems, and medicine. By linking chemical architecture to biological function, this review provides a framework for rational selection and application of Bacillus metabolites in diverse applied contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":20506,"journal":{"name":"Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingjing Xuan, Shengdong Bao, Lidan Guo, Bin Jiang, Ji Wang, Dayong Ren
{"title":"Cordyceps Militaris Exopolysaccharides and Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum H8 Synergistically Improve Immune Function Damage in Cyclophosphamide-Induced Immunosuppressed Mice.","authors":"Jingjing Xuan, Shengdong Bao, Lidan Guo, Bin Jiang, Ji Wang, Dayong Ren","doi":"10.1007/s12602-026-11023-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-026-11023-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20506,"journal":{"name":"Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Fernanda Fernandes Siqueira, Khadija Bezerra Massaut, Patrícia Bohmer Radatz, Silvana de Souza Sigali, Igor Henrique de Lima Costa, Pedro Fernandes Viana, Graciela Volz Lopes, Wladimir Padilha da Silva, Ângela Maria Fiorentini
{"title":"Benefits of Lactic Acid Bacteria Folate Synthesis in Foods and Risks Associated with Deficiency - a Review.","authors":"Maria Fernanda Fernandes Siqueira, Khadija Bezerra Massaut, Patrícia Bohmer Radatz, Silvana de Souza Sigali, Igor Henrique de Lima Costa, Pedro Fernandes Viana, Graciela Volz Lopes, Wladimir Padilha da Silva, Ângela Maria Fiorentini","doi":"10.1007/s12602-026-11018-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-026-11018-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20506,"journal":{"name":"Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harsh V Purohit, Joydeep Chakraborty, Ramesh K Kothari, Amishi R Bhatt
{"title":"Gene Exchange Mechanisms in Natural and Engineered Probiotics Within the Human Gut Implications for Antibiotic Resistance and Metabolic Modulation.","authors":"Harsh V Purohit, Joydeep Chakraborty, Ramesh K Kothari, Amishi R Bhatt","doi":"10.1007/s12602-026-11029-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-026-11029-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20506,"journal":{"name":"Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}