Genomics-based approaches to identify and predict the health-promoting and safety activities of promising probiotic strains – A probiogenomics review

Over the past two decades, the clinical evidence supporting the beneficial effects of probiotics in consumer's health and wellness has increased. Hence, the food and pharmaceutical industries have encouraged the production of different probiotic foods and probiotic strains. So far, nearly all marketed probiotics are from animal (dairy and human subjects) origin; however, other sources are increasingly being reported as promising reservoirs of...