Scientific Publications
Scientific Publications
Effects of probiotic yogurt on relative respiratory tract infections, urine, saliva biomarkers, and fecal bacterial load in Ugandan children: a randomized controlled trial
Sybesma, W., Westerik, N., Dalukdeniya, C., Tumuhimbise, J., Gregorowitsch, E., Garssen, J., Wijeyesekera, A., & Kort, R. (2025). Effects of probiotic yogurt on relative respiratory tract infections, urine, saliva biomarkers, and fecal bacterial load in Ugandan children: a randomized controlled trial. Scientific reports, 15(1), 9478.
Local Sources of Protein in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: How to Improve the Protein Quality?
Vissamsetti, N., Simon-Collins, M., Lin, S., Bandyopadhyay, S., Kuriyan, R., Sybesma, W., & Tomé, D. (2023). Current developments in nutrition, 8(Suppl 1), 102049.
Model Selection Reveals the Butyrate-Producing Gut Bacterium Coprococcus eutactus as Predictor for Language Development in 3-Year-Old Rural Ugandan Children
Kort R, Schlösser J , Vazquez A, Atukunda P, Muhoozi G, Wacoo AP, Sybesma W, Westerberg A, Iversen PO, Schoen E (2021)
Salivary biomarkers of stress and inflammation in first graders in Côte d′Ivoire: Effects of a probiotic food intervention
Brett BE, Koko BK, Doumbia HOY, Koffi FK, Assa SE, Zahé KYAS, Faye-Ketté H, Kati-Coulibaly S, Kort R, Sybesma W, Reid G, de Weerth C (2021)
Locally produced probiotic yoghurt for better nutrition and increased incomes in Uganda
Westerik N (2020)
Probiotic Potential, Iron and Zinc Bioaccessibility, and Sensory Quality of Uapaca kirkiana Fruit Jam Fermented with Lactobacillus rhamnosus Yoba
Chawafambira A, Sedibe MM, Mpofu A, Achilonu M (2020)
Probiotic Potential of Lactic Acid Starter Cultures Isolated from a Traditional Fermented Sorghum-Millet Beverage
Byakika S, Mukisa IM, Byaruhanga YB, Muyanja C (2020)
A Comparative Interrupted Times Series on the Health Impact of Probiotic Yogurt Consumption Among School Children From Three to Six Years Old in Southwest Uganda
Westerik N, Nelson A, Wacoo AP, Sybesma W, Kort R (2020)
Fermented foods in a global age: East meets West
Tamang JP, Cotter P, Endo A, Nam Soo H, Kort R, Liu SQ, Mayo B, Westerik N, Hutkins R (2020)
Aflatoxins: Occurrence, Exposure, and Binding to Lactobacillus Species From the Gut Microbiota of Rural Ugandan Children
Wacoo AP, Atukunda P, Muhoozi G, Braster M, Wagner M, van den Broek T, Sybesma W, Westerberg A, Iversen PO, Kort R (2020)
Empowering women through probiotic fermented food in East Africa
Reid G, Sybesma W, Matovu W, Onyango A, Westerik N, Kort R (2020)
Bacterial community dynamics in lait caillé, a traditional product of spontaneous fermentation from Senegal
Groenenboom A, Parker M, de Vries A, de Groot S, Zobrist S, Mansen K, Milani P, Kort R, Smid E, Schoustra S (2019)
Improving Health and Wealth by Introduction of an Affordable Bacterial Starter Culture for Probiotic Yoghurt Production in Uganda
Westerik N, Wacoo AP, Anyimo E, Matovu W, Reid G, Kort R, Sybesma W(2019)
Adopting traditional fermented foods as carriers for probiotics: the case of Obushera and Lactobacillus rhamnosus yoba
Mukisa I, Byakika S, Meeme R, Wacoo AP, Sybesma W, Kort R (2019)
Probiotic Enrichment and Reduction of Aflatoxins in a Traditional African Maize-Based Fermented Food
Wacoo AP, Mukisa I, Meeme R, Byakika S, Wendiro D, Sybesma W, Kort R (2019)
Naturally Fermented Milk From Northern Senegal: Bacterial Community Composition and Probiotic Enrichment With Lactobacillus rhamnosus
Parker M, Zobrist S, Donahue C, Edick C, Mansen K, Nadjari MHZ, Heerikhuisen M, Sybesma W, Molenaar D, Diallo AM, Milani P, Kort R (2018)
Feasibility of A Novel On-Site Detection Method for Aflatoxin in Maize Flour from Markets and Selected Households in Kampala, Uganda
Wacoo AP, Wendiro D, Nanyonga S, Hawumba J, Sybesma W, Kort R (2018)
Expanding the reach of probiotics through social enterprises.
Reid G, Kort R, Alvarez S, Bourdet-Sicard R, Benoit V, Cunningham M, Saulnier DM, van Hylckama Vlieg JET, Verstraelen H, Sybesma W (2018)
Probiotic Fermented Foods: A scalable approach to promote gut health and improve nutrition
Milani P, Parker P, Kort R, Sybesma W (2018)
The Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus for Alleviation of Helicobacter pylori-Associated Gastric Pathology in East Africa
Westerik N, Reid G, Sybesma W, Kort R (2018)
Lactobacillus rhamnosus Probiotic Food as a Tool for Empowerment Across the Value Chain in Africa
Westerik N, Kort R, Sybesma W, Reid G (2018)
Naturally Fermented Milk from Northern Senegal: Bacterial Community Composition and Probiotic Enrichment with Lactobacillus rhamnosus
Parker M, Zobrist S, Donahue C, Edick C, Mansen K, Nadjari MHZ, Heerikhuisen M, Sybesma W, Molenaar D, Diallo A, Milani P, Kort R (2018)
Sustainable Food Processing Inspired by Nature
Sybesma W, Blank I, Lee YK (2017)
Health benefits of fermented foods: microbiota and beyond
Marco ML, Heeney D, Binda S, Cifelli CJ, Cotter PD, Foligné B, Gänzle M, Kort R, Pasin G, Pihlanto A, Smid EJ and Hutkins R (2016)
Novel Production Protocol for Small-scale Manufacture of Probiotic Fermented Foods
Westerik N, Wacoo AP, Sybesma W, Kort R (2016)
Inactivation of bacterial pathogens in yoba mutandabota, a dairy product fermented with the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus yoba
Mpofu A, Linnemann AR, Nout MJ, Zwietering MH, Smid EJ, den Besten HM (2016)
A novel consortium of Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Streptococcus thermophilus for increased access to functional fermented foods
Kort R, Westerik N, Serrano M, Douillard FP, Gottstein W, Mukisa IM, Tuijn CJ, Basten L, Hafkamp B, Meijer WC, Teusink B, de Vos WM, Reid G, Sybesma W (2015)
Locally sourced probiotics, the next opportunity for developing countries?
Sybesma W, Kort R, Lee YK (2015)
Development of a locally sustainable functional food based on mutandabota, a traditional food in southern Africa
Mpofu A, Linnemann AR, Sybesma W, Kort R, Nout MJ, Smid EJ (2014)
Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: recommendations from an African workshop
Reid G, Nduti N, Sybesma W, Kort R, Kollmann TR, Adam R, Boga H, Brown EM, Einerhand A, El-Nezami H, Gloor GB, Kavere II, Lindahl J, Manges A, Mamo W, Martin R, McMillan A, Obiero J, Ochieng’ PA, Onyango A, Rulisa S, Salminen E, Salminen S, Sije A, Swann JR, van Treuren W, Waweru D, Kemp SJ (2014)
Genome instability in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Sybesma W, Molenaar D, van IJcken W, Venema K, Kort R (2013)
The DNA sequence of the Yoba probiotic strains
The sequence Read Archive used for the comparative genome analysis of the three product isolates and reference strain has been deposited at NCBI BioSample database, project number SRP017797
Genome sequencing data
Links to genome sequence data of L. rhamnosus yoba 2010, L. rhamnosus yoba 2012, one dairy product isolate containing L. rhamnosus GG and the reference strain, as carried out by use of the Breseq tool version 0.18 (3).
Description | Source | Species | Strain | Culture collection nr. | Novel name | SRA BioSample accession no.a | HiSeq Data | MiSeq Data | Ref. |
Reference | LMG culture collection | L. rhamnosus | GG | LMG 18243ATCC 53103
TNO 2012.097 |
SAMN01831559 | link | link | ||
Product isolate 1 | liquid dairy formula 1 | L. rhamnosus | GG | LMG 25859TNO 2012.098 | L. rhamnosus yoba2010 | SAMN01831560 | link | link | 1 |
Product isolate 2A | liquid dairy formula 2A | L. rhamnosus | GG | TNO 2010.113 | SAMN01831561 | link | link | ||
Product isolate 3 | powder dairy formula 3 | L. rhamnosus | GG | LMG 27229TNO 2012.094 | L. rhamnosus yoba2012 | SAMN01831562 | link | link | 2 |
a The sequence Read Archive used for the comparative genome analysis of the three product isolates and reference strain has been deposited at NCBI BioSample database, project number SRP017797
References
- Kort R, and Sybesma W. 2012. Probiotics for every body. Trends Biotechnol. 30:613-615. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.09.002.
- Sybesma W, Molenaar D, van IJcken W, Venema K, and Kort R. 2013. Genome instability in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Published ahead of print 25 January 2013. doi:10.1128/AEM.03566-12.
- Barrick JE, Yu DS, Yoon SH, Jeong H, Oh TK, Schneider D, Lenski RE, Kim JF. 2009. Genome evolution and adaptation in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli. Nature. 461:1243-1247. doi: 10.1038/nature08480.
doi:10.1128/AEM.03566-12