Hill Daragh, Sugrue Ivan, Tobin Conor, Hill Colin, Stanton Catherine, Ross R Paul
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Teagasc, Moorepark, Food Research Centre, Fermoy, Ireland.
Front Microbiol. 2018 Sep 10;9:2107. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02107. eCollection 2018.
The group (LCG), composed of the closely related , and are some of the most widely researched and applied probiotic species of lactobacilli. The three species have been extensively studied, classified and reclassified due to their health promoting properties. Differentiation is often difficult by conventional phenotypic and genotypic methods and therefore new methods are being continually developed to distinguish the three closely related species. The group remain of interest as probiotics, and their use is widespread in industry. Much research has focused in recent years on their application for health promotion in treatment or prevention of a number of diseases and disorders. The LCG have the potential to be used prophylactically or therapeutically in diseases associated with a disturbance to the gut microbiota. The group have been extensively researched with regard to stress responses, which are crucial for their survival and therefore application as probiotics.
该组（LCG）由密切相关的[具体菌种未给出]组成，是研究和应用最为广泛的一些乳酸杆菌益生菌种。由于它们具有促进健康的特性，这三个菌种已得到广泛研究、分类和重新分类。通过传统的表型和基因型方法往往难以区分，因此不断有新方法被开发出来以鉴别这三个密切相关的菌种。作为益生菌，该组仍然备受关注，并且在工业中广泛应用。近年来，许多研究集中在它们在治疗或预防多种疾病和病症中促进健康的应用方面。LCG有潜力用于与肠道微生物群紊乱相关疾病的预防或治疗。关于应激反应，该组已得到广泛研究，应激反应对它们的生存至关重要，因此对其作为益生菌的应用也很关键。
