The Importance of Bacteriophages in Lactic Acid Bacteria

Lactic acid bacteria as probiotics contribute to various food and medicine industry. Recently, many groups reported effects of lactic acid bacteria are the results of in vitro and clinical experiments. To apply lactic acid bacteria in food and medicine industry, the genome based research might be need for understand physiological and metabolic capabilities of lactic acid bacteria in the future. Also, study of bacteriophages for stable fermentation of lactic acid bacteria have to be performed the bacteriophage molecular characterization, relation of lactic acid bacteria, bacteriophage resistant lactic acid bacteria. Therefore, these studies would provide the various functional aspects of lactic acid bacteria to improve food quality and safety in the food industry.