Handbook of probiotics and prebiotics / 
edited by Yuan Kun Lee, Seppo Salminen 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  John Wiley & Sons,  c2009 
 - xix, 596 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Rev. ed. of: Handbook of probiotics / Yuan-Kun Lee ... [et al.] 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Probiotic microorganisms -- Selection and maintenance of probiotic microorganisms -- Genetic modification of probiotic microorganisms -- Role of probiotics in health and diseases -- Mechanisms of probiotics -- Commercially available human probiotic microorganisms -- Prebiotics 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470135440 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Probiotics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Intestines--Microbiology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Food--Microbiology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Microorganisms--Therapeutic use--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Bacterial Physiology<br/>Food, Formulated<br/>Probiotics--pharmacology<br/>Probiotics--therapeutic use