**Meet the editor**

Dr. Shymaa Enany is an assistant professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Suez Canal University, Egypt. She received her PhD degree from the Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Japan, and completed her postdoctoral work in collaboration with many laboratories in San Diego, California, USA, and in Niigata, Japan. She is an editori-

al board member and reviewer in many journals and scientific associations and has many publications in eminent journals as well as books. She has vast experience in bacterial genomics and proteomics.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Ping Li and Qing Gu

Claudio F. Gonzalez

Gislane L.V. de Oliveira

Kober

Martin Gregora

Salam Ibrahim

Chapter 3 **Probiotics and Its Relationship with the Cardiovascular System 51**

Chapter 1 **Antimicrobial Effects of Probiotics and Novel Probiotic-Based**

**Homeostasis: Probiotics, Inflammasome, mTOR 21**

Caitlin F. Porubsky, Alexandria B. Glass, Victoria Comeau, Christopher Buckley, Marcus B. Goodman and Mary-Margaret

Chapter 7 **Probiotics Consumption Increment through the Use of Whey-**

Sarah Adjei-Fremah, Kingsley Ekwemalor, Mulumebet Worku and

Danielle N. Kling, Leandro D. Teixeira, Evon M. DeBose-Scarlett and

**Approaches for Infectious Diseases 1**

Chapter 2 **A Network of Physiological Interactions Modulating GI**

Suresh Antony and Marlina Ponce de Leon

Chapter 4 **Probiotic Applications in Autoimmune Diseases 69**

Chapter 5 **The Role of Probiotics in Acne and Rosacea 91**

Chapter 6 **Lactobacillus Species in Breast Milk 107**

Chapter 8 **Probiotics and Ruminant Health 133**

**Based Fermented Beverages 115** Mónica S. Molero and Wilfido J. Briñez
