- Docente: Ester Grilli
- Credits: 2
- SSD: BIO/19
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in School of Animal Biotechnology (cod. 8207)
Course contents
Pre and probiosis definitions; practical application of pre and probiotic in animal and human nutrition; Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium spp and their use as probiotics; intestinal in vitro fermentations as a tool to study the efficacy of probiotics and feed additives; definition of intestinal metabolites critical in understanding the intestinal microflora evolution; classical methods of enumeration of lactic acid bacteria; fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to enumerate Lactobacillus cluster.
Readings/Bibliography
Pre-assigned material and methods.
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical lab acitivities.
Assessment methods
Final report about lab activities and oral exam
Office hours
See the website of Ester Grilli