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ClearNovel Approaches in Establishing Chemical Food Safety Based on the Detoxification Capacity of Probiotics and Postbiotics: A Critical Review
This review examines emerging evidence that probiotics and their metabolic byproducts (postbiotics) can help neutralize environmental contaminants in food, including bacterial toxins, mycotoxins, pesticides, heavy metals, and microplastics. Researchers found that various probiotic strains can bind to, transform, or break down these harmful substances through multiple mechanisms. The study highlights biological approaches using beneficial microorganisms as a practical and cost-effective strategy for improving food safety.
Exploring the Crucial Role of the Gut Microbiome in Advancing Food Processing Technologies
This review explores the role of gut microbiome composition in food processing and technology development, examining how microbial communities influence fermentation, nutrient bioavailability, and food safety, with implications for probiotic and prebiotic product design.
Presence of Microplastics in Livestock Production: A Challenge for Animal Health and Sustainability
This review examines microplastic contamination in livestock production systems, summarizing evidence of microplastic presence in feed, water, and animal tissues, and discussing implications for animal health, food safety, and sustainability.
Hazardous substances present in crop-livestock recycling system: hazards to animals and humans.
This review examined hazardous substances—including microplastics, heavy metals, antibiotics, and pesticides—present in crop-livestock recycling systems and their risks to animal and human health. While beneficial for sustainability, these circular farming systems can inadvertently concentrate and cycle contaminants back into the food supply.
Engineered Synthetic Microbial Consortia for In Vivo Plastic-Derived Metabolite Detoxification and Host Health Restoration in Ruminant Animals
Researchers proposed engineered synthetic microbial consortia for in vivo detoxification of plastic-derived metabolites in the rumen of cattle and goats, designing microbial communities capable of degrading plasticizers and other contaminants ingested through MP-contaminated feed.
Safer plant-based nanoparticles for combating antibiotic resistance in bacteria: A comprehensive review on its potential applications, recent advances, and future perspective
This review examines plant-based nanoparticles as safer, less toxic alternatives to conventional antimicrobial agents for combating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, highlighting their potential to reduce microbiome damage.
Beneficial Functions of Soil Microbiome for Sustainable Agriculture
This paper is not about microplastics; it reviews the beneficial roles of soil microbiomes in sustainable agriculture, covering plant-bacteria interactions and microbiome management strategies for crop production.
Editorial: Probiotics for global health: advances, applications and challenges
This editorial synthesizes recent advances in probiotic research for global health applications, highlighting their potential to support host health, prevent disease, and counteract dysbiosis, while identifying key challenges in making safe and sustainable probiotic interventions more accessible.
Harnessing beneficial bacteria to remediate antibiotic-polluted agricultural soils: integrating source diversity, bioavailability modulators, and ecological impacts
This review examines how plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) can be used to remediate antibiotic-contaminated agricultural soils, covering the diversity of bacterial mechanisms and ecological risks. It also discusses how microplastics in soil interact with antibiotic persistence and resistance gene spread.
Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU
This review examines how animal manure management practices in the European Union affect soil biodiversity, considering both benefits and risks. The study found that while manure promotes soil organism growth and functional diversity, it can also introduce contaminants like heavy metals, antibiotics, and pathogens, and recommends policy updates to better account for soil biodiversity in manure management.
The future of protein sources in livestock feeds: implications for sustainability and food safety
The study reviews alternative protein sources for livestock feed, including soilless, local, and circular protein options that could help address sustainability and food security concerns. Researchers propose a strategic plan for partially incorporating these alternatives into feeding systems while acknowledging the associated opportunities and risks.
Advancing sustainable agriculture through multi-omics profiling of biosolids for safe application: A review
This review examines the potential benefits and risks of using biosolids from wastewater treatment as agricultural soil amendments. Researchers highlight that while biosolids provide valuable nutrients, they may also contain contaminants including pharmaceuticals, PFAS, pathogens, and microplastics that could transfer to cropland. The study advocates for multi-omics profiling approaches to better characterize these risks before widespread agricultural application.
Dairy processing sludge and co-products: A review of present and future re-use pathways in agriculture
This review examines current and potential uses of dairy processing sludge and similar nutrient-rich residues as agricultural fertilizers and soil amendments. It also flags concerns about contaminants in these materials — including residues of antibiotics, hormones, and potentially microplastics — that could enter the food chain.
Single Strain Probiotic Bifidobacteria Approach in Health and Non-Health Fields
This review examines the potential of single-strain Bifidobacteria probiotics for health and non-health applications. It highlights the importance of personalized microbiome analysis in selecting effective probiotic strains for targeted use.
Impact of Microplastics on Livestock: Sources, Exposure Pathways, and Physiological Consequences
This review examined how microplastics enter livestock systems through contaminated soil, water, and feed, and assessed the resulting risks to animal health, food safety, and agricultural sustainability. The review highlights that livestock exposure pathways are numerous and that microplastic contamination of the food chain is a growing concern.
Editorial: Probiotics for global health: advances, applications and challenges
This editorial review summarizes recent advances in probiotic research, covering their health benefits, applications in disease prevention, and challenges in scaling safe and effective probiotic interventions. The piece highlights probiotics as a promising complement to conventional therapies given the global burden of dysbiosis-related diseases.
Relevance of gut microbiome research in food safety assessment
This review examined how the gut microbiome metabolizes non-nutritious dietary compounds, arguing that gut microbial processing of food contaminants and additives is an underappreciated dimension of food safety assessment.
Toward sustainable space exploration: a roadmap for harnessing the power of microorganisms
Researchers outlined how microbial biotechnologies — using microorganisms to process resources and recycle waste — could make long-duration space exploration sustainable without relying on Earth for supplies. Many of the same technologies, such as bioremediation and nutrient cycling, could also address environmental challenges back on Earth.
Construction of nano slow-release systems for antibacterial active substances and its applications: A comprehensive review
This review examines nano-carrier systems designed to deliver antibacterial active substances for applications in food packaging, preservation, and other fields. Researchers found that combining natural antimicrobial compounds with nano-carrier materials can substantially improve their stability and effectiveness while reducing microbial resistance, offering promising alternatives to conventional plastic-based approaches.
Lactobacillus plantarum A3 attenuates ulcerative colitis by modulating gut microbiota and metabolism
Researchers showed that Lactobacillus plantarum A3, a probiotic strain isolated from horses, reduced symptoms of ulcerative colitis in mice whose gut microbiomes had been disrupted by antibiotics. The probiotic restored beneficial bacteria like Akkermansia, reduced gut inflammation, and increased levels of natural anti-inflammatory compounds in the body.