Seppo Salminen
MSc, MS, PhD
sepsal@utu.fi +358 29 450 2714 +358 40 060 1394 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-0420 |
Areas of expertise
Professor, Director; gut microbiota, probiotics and prebiotics, nutrition and food safety, EU regulations
Professor, Director; gut microbiota, probiotics and prebiotics, nutrition and food safety, EU regulations
Research
Food and health, intestinal microbiota, probiotics, prebiotics, functional foods, food legislation, health claims, novel foods
Food and health, intestinal microbiota, probiotics, prebiotics, functional foods, food legislation, health claims, novel foods
Teaching
Functional Foods and EU legislation, Lactic acid biotechnology
Publications 
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- Microbiota, chronic inflammation, and health: The promise of inflammatome and inflammatomics for precision medicine and health care (2025)
- hLife
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Fecal microbiota profiles of growing pigs and their relation to growth performance (2024)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fewer culturable Lactobacillaceae species identified in faecal samples of pigs performing manipulative behaviour (2024)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Health benefits and risks of fermented foods—the PIMENTO initiative (2024)
- Frontiers in Nutrition
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Identification of stemness-related glycosylation changes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (2024)
- BMC Cancer
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lactic Acid Bacteria : Microbiological and Functional Aspects (2024) Vinderola, Gabriel; Ouwehand, Arthur C.; Salminen, Seppo; Wright, Atte von
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Nutrition Economics : Adding Value to Fermented Foods and Biotics (2024) Lactic Acid Bacteria : Microbiological and Functional Aspects Lenoir-Wijnkoop, Irene; Koponen, Aki; Salminen, Seppo
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Prebiotics in food and dietary supplements: a roadmap to EU health claims (2024)
- Gut Microbes
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal) - Safety Assessment of Probiotics in the European Union (2024) Lactic Acid Bacteria : Microbiological and Functional Aspects Salminen, Seppo; von Wright, Atte
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - World Gastroenterology Organisation Global Guidelines : Probiotics and Prebiotics (2024)
- Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Evidence on postbiotics in infants and children (2023)
- Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Fermented foods: a perspective on their role in delivering biotics (2023)
- Frontiers in Microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Gestational diabetes is driven by microbiota-induced inflammation months before diagnosis (2023)
- Gut
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Human Milk Microbiota Profile Affected by Prematurity in Argentinian Lactating Women (2023)
- Microorganisms
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - New gene markers for classification and quantification of Faecalibacterium spp. in the human gut (2023)
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Postbiotics in the medical field under the perspective of the ISAPP definition: scientific, regulatory, and marketing considerations (2023) Vinderola Gabriel, Druart Céline, Gosálbez Luis, Salminen Seppo, Vinot Nina, Lebeer Sarah
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Recommendations to Improve Quality of Probiotic Systematic Reviews With Meta-Analyses (2023)
- JAMA Network Open
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - 16S rRNA gene sequence diversity in Faecalibacterium prausnitzii-complex taxa has marked impacts on quantitative analysis (2022)
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Animal unit hygienic conditions influence mouse intestinal microbiota and contribute to T-cell-mediated colitis (2022)
- Experimental Biology and Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Author Correction: Reply to: Postbiotics — when simplification fails to clarify (Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, (2021), 18, 11, (827-828), 10.1038/s41575-021-00522-5) (2022)
- Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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