This is the second volume on probiotics published by Chapman & Hall. Building on the first volume which covered the scientific basis, this important new volume covers practical aspects and the beneficial and therapeutic effects of positive manipulation of an individual's gut flora. The editor, Roy Fuller has drawn together an impressive international list of contributors, each with direct experience of the positive applications of probiotics. Probiotics 2 provides vital new information for microbiologists, nutritionists and dieticians, food scientists, gastroenterologists and physicians.