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Antimicrobial and Probiotic Properties of Yeasts: From Fundamental to Novel Applications

2012· article· en· 329 citations· W2152606589 on OpenAlex· 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00421

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Full frame distilled prediction

Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

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Consensus categories
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Domain
Candidate signal: noneConsensus signal: none
Study design
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Genre
Candidate signal: EmpiricalConsensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score
0.204
Threshold uncertainty score
0.201
Validation status
machine_predicted_unvalidated · codex-gemma-dda1882f352a

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.194
Teacher spread
0.179 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation status
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Abstract

The yeasts constitute a large and heterogeneous group of microorganisms that are currently attracting increased attention from scientists and industry. Numerous and diverse biological activities make them promising candidates for a wide range of applications not limited to the food sector. In addition to their major contribution to flavor development in fermented foods, their antagonistic activities toward undesirable bacteria, and fungi are now widely known. These activities are associated with their competitiveness for nutrients, acidification of their growth medium, their tolerance of high concentrations of ethanol, and release of antimicrobial compounds such as antifungal killer toxins or "mycocins" and antibacterial compounds. While the design of foods containing probiotics (microorganisms that confer health benefits) has focused primarily on Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii has long been known effective for treating gastroenteritis. In this review, the antimicrobial activities of yeasts are examined. Mechanisms underlying this antagonistic activity as well as recent applications of these biologically active yeasts in both the medical and veterinary sectors are described.

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The record

Venue
Frontiers in Microbiology
Topic
Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Field
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Canadian institutions
Université Laval
Funders
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaFonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les TechnologiesNovalaitMinistère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
Keywords
ProbioticAntimicrobialSaccharomyces boulardiiYeastBiologyBifidobacteriumAntifungalMicroorganismLactobacillusGenerally recognized as safeMicrobiologyBiotechnologyFood scienceBacteriaFermentationBiochemistry
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yes