Biopolymers and Cell. 2012; 28(2): 103-113
KOMBUCHA MICROBIOME AS A PROBIOTIC: A VIEW FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF POST-GENOMICS AND SYNTHETIC ECOLOGY
Kozyrovska N. O., 1, 2Reva O. M., 3Goginyan V. B., 4de Vera J.-P.
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
150, Akademika Zabolotnogo Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680
1D. K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, NAS of Ukraine
154, Akademika Zabolotnogo Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680
2Department of Biochemistry, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Lynnwood road, Hillcrest, Pretoria, South Africa, 0002
3SPC «Armbiotechnology», NAS of Republic of Armenia
14, Gyurjyan Str., Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, 0056
4Institute of Planetary Research, DLR, Germany
Rutherfordstr. 2D-12489, Berlin, Germany
Probiotics are essential for establishing and maintaining optimal immune health. The probiotic therapy is known from alternative medicine for ages; however, the recent demonstration of the normal microflora to induce innate immunity has introduced the science-based concept of therapeutic application of potentially beneficial probiotic microorganisms for a treatment of functional disorders. Traditionally, probiotics are associated with dairy products, however, novel formulations are needed, first of all, originated from naturally occurring symbiotic microbial communities as the most robust assemblages. Especially, safe and robust probiotics are needed for long-term expeditions, outposts, extraterrestrial permanently-manned bases, where humans are exposed to adverse environmental factors. Kombucha beverage is Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast (SCOBY) and associated with health-promoting effects. Kombucha tea/mat is being in use in human livings within millennia as a probiotic drink for healing and health prophylaxis effects, however, new research opportunities promise its «renaissance», going to be used pharmacologically. |
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