No doubt you have heard that yogurt is teeming with bacteria–and no doubt you try not to think about that as you dig into a cup of the stuff. Yes, they’re supposed to be good bacteria, ones that not ...

ANALYSES of hydrolysates of cell walls from a large number of different Gram-positive bacteria led to the suggestion that the chemical composition of bacterial cell walls may be a valuable taxonomic ...

The first time many of us became aware of probiotics were courtesy of Jamie Lee Curtis's Activia ads. I don't think they even mentioned the word probiotic at first — just the mildly exotic sounding ...

Q: I've seen several products that have probiotics added to them. I've always thought yogurt would help restore the GI system after a bout of diarrhea. Is there any other reason to consume probiotics?