Satu Vesterlund

Summary

Affiliation: University of Turku
Country: Finland

Publications

  1. ncbi Water activity in dry foods containing live probiotic bacteria should be carefully considered: a case study with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in flaxseed
    Satu Vesterlund
    Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
    Int J Food Microbiol 157:319-21. 2012
  2. ncbi Rapid screening method for the detection of antimicrobial substances
    Satu Vesterlund
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4A, 20014 Turku, Finland
    J Microbiol Methods 57:23-31. 2004
  3. ncbi Measurement of bacterial adhesion-in vitro evaluation of different methods
    Satu Vesterlund
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4A, 20014 Turku, Finland
    J Microbiol Methods 60:225-33. 2005
  4. ncbi Staphylococcus aureus adheres to human intestinal mucus but can be displaced by certain lactic acid bacteria
    Satu Vesterlund
    Functional Foods Forum, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
    Microbiology 152:1819-26. 2006
  5. ncbi Safety assessment of Lactobacillus strains: presence of putative risk factors in faecal, blood and probiotic isolates
    Satu Vesterlund
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry and Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
    Int J Food Microbiol 116:325-31. 2007
  6. ncbi Adhesion of bacteria to resected human colonic tissue: quantitative analysis of bacterial adhesion and viability
    Satu Vesterlund
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4A, 20014 Turku, Finland
    Res Microbiol 156:238-44. 2005
  7. ncbi Health aspects of probiotics
    Arthur Ouwehand
    University of Turku, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, 20014 Turku, Finland
    IDrugs 6:573-80. 2003
  8. ncbi Interaction of probiotics and pathogens--benefits to human health?
    Seppo Salminen
    Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
    Curr Opin Biotechnol 21:157-67. 2010
  9. ncbi Adhesion of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus to human intestinal mucus
    Nicole J Pultz
    Research Section, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
    Curr Microbiol 52:221-4. 2006

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Water activity in dry foods containing live probiotic bacteria should be carefully considered: a case study with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in flaxseed
    Satu Vesterlund
    Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
    Int J Food Microbiol 157:319-21. 2012
    ..11 the reduction of viability was only 0.29 log(10) units during the entire storage time. Taken together, regulating water activity to a low value may offer possibilities for extending the shelf life of dry probiotic products...
  2. ncbi Rapid screening method for the detection of antimicrobial substances
    Satu Vesterlund
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4A, 20014 Turku, Finland
    J Microbiol Methods 57:23-31. 2004
    ..Furthermore, the method was used for the detection of antimicrobial activity from lactic acid bacteria after the effect of organic acids was eliminated...
  3. ncbi Measurement of bacterial adhesion-in vitro evaluation of different methods
    Satu Vesterlund
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4A, 20014 Turku, Finland
    J Microbiol Methods 60:225-33. 2005
    ..As a result, we show that the best reproducibility and sensitivity were obtained using radioactive labelling. With other methods, the sensitivity was too low due to poorly adhering bacteria and low signal-to-background ratio...
  4. ncbi Staphylococcus aureus adheres to human intestinal mucus but can be displaced by certain lactic acid bacteria
    Satu Vesterlund
    Functional Foods Forum, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
    Microbiology 152:1819-26. 2006
    ..This study shows for the first time that Staph. aureus can adhere to human intestinal mucus and adherent bacteria can be displaced and killed by certain LAB strains via in situ production of antimicrobial substances...
  5. ncbi Safety assessment of Lactobacillus strains: presence of putative risk factors in faecal, blood and probiotic isolates
    Satu Vesterlund
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry and Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
    Int J Food Microbiol 116:325-31. 2007
    ..However, the significance of adhesion to mucus, low induction of respiratory burst in PMN and resistance to human serum-mediated killing may need further evaluation in experimental animal models and in epidemiological data...
  6. ncbi Adhesion of bacteria to resected human colonic tissue: quantitative analysis of bacterial adhesion and viability
    Satu Vesterlund
    Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4A, 20014 Turku, Finland
    Res Microbiol 156:238-44. 2005
    ..rhamnosus GG in displacement assays. Moreover, the method is suitable for studies in which the interaction of two or more bacteria is examined in an environment in which other bacteria are present...
  7. ncbi Health aspects of probiotics
    Arthur Ouwehand
    University of Turku, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, 20014 Turku, Finland
    IDrugs 6:573-80. 2003
    ..Other beneficial health effects have also been attributed to probiotics; however, these have not been sufficiently substantiated. Additional research into the mechanisms of probiotics is required...
  8. ncbi Interaction of probiotics and pathogens--benefits to human health?
    Seppo Salminen
    Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
    Curr Opin Biotechnol 21:157-67. 2010
    ..The same aim is targeted in characterizing the role of probiotics in inactivating pathogens and viruses of health importance to facilitate the establishment of novel means of disease risk reduction related health benefits...
  9. ncbi Adhesion of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus to human intestinal mucus
    Nicole J Pultz
    Research Section, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
    Curr Microbiol 52:221-4. 2006
    ..rhamnosus GG demonstrated 20- to 130-times higher affinity than the VREF strains. These results demonstrate that VREF strains may adhere to human intestinal mucus and suggest that L. rhamnosus GG might be able to displace VREF strains...