Seppo Salminen
 MSc, MS, PhD


sepsal@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2714

+358 40 060 1394

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku


ORCID identifierhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-0420





Areas of expertise
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

Teaching

Functional Foods and EU legislation, Lactic acid biotechnology



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  • Comments on a recently proposed alternative definition for postbiotics  (2025)  
    • Trends in Food Science and Technology
     Vinderola, Gabriel; Salminen, Seppo; Collado, Maria Carmen; Endo, Akihito; Hill, Colin; Lebeer, Sarah; Merenstein, Daniel; Quigley, Eamonn M.M.; Shamir, Raanan; Swann, Jonathan R.; Szajewska, Hania; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Sanders, Mary Ellen
    (
    B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)


  • Efficacy of fermented foods for the prevention and treatment of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis  (2025)  
    • Frontiers in Nutrition
     Akpınar, Aslı; Markiewicz, Lidia Hanna; Harsa, Hayriye Şebnem; Paveljšek, Diana; Domínguez-Soberanes, Julieta; Agirbasli, Zeynep; Naziri, Eleni; El Jalil, Mounaim Halim; Bouchaud, Gregory; Salminen, Seppo; Savary-Auzeloux, Isabelle; Humblot, Christèle; Chassard, Christophe; Pracer, Smilja; Vergères, Guy; Karakaş-Budak, Barçın
    (
    A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )


  • Microbiota, chronic inflammation, and health: The promise of inflammatome and inflammatomics for precision medicine and health care  (2025)  
    • hLife
     Zhang H., Yang Lee B.J., Wang T., Xiang X., Tan Y., Han Y., Bi Y., Zhi F., Wang X., He F., Salminen Seppo J., Zhu B., Yang R.
    (
    A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )


  • Postbiotics: a perspective on their quantification  (2025)  
    • Frontiers in Nutrition
     Vinderola, Gabriel; Benkowski, Andrzej; Bernardeau, Marion; Chenoll, Empar; Collado, Maria Carmen; Cronin, Ultan; Eckhardt, Erik; Green, Justin B.; Ipharraguerre, Ignacio R.; Kemperman, Rober; Lacroix, Christophe; Minami, Junichi; Wilkinson, Martin; Sanders, Mary Ellen; Salminen, Seppo
    (
    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Fecal microbiota profiles of growing pigs and their relation to growth performance  (2024)  
    • PLoS ONE
     König, Emilia; Beasley, Shea; Heponiemi, Paulina; Kivinen, Sanni; Räkköläinen, Jaakko; Salminen, Seppo; Collado, Maria Carmen; Borman, Tuomas; Lahti, Leo; Piirainen, Virpi; Valros, Anna; Heinonen, Mari
    (
    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
     König Emilia, Heponiemi Paulina, Kivinen Sanni, Räkköläinen Jaakko, Beasley Shea, Borman Tuomas, Collado Maria Carmen, Hukkinen Vilja, Junnila Jouni, Lahti Leo, Norring Marianna, Piirainen Virpi, Salminen Seppo, Heinonen Mari, Valros Anna
    (
    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Health benefits and risks of fermented foods—the PIMENTO initiative  (2024)  
    • Frontiers in Nutrition
     Todorovic, Smilja; Akpinar, Asli; Assunção, Ricardo; Bär, Cornelia; Bavaro, Simona L.; Berkel, Kasikci Muzeyyen; Domínguez-Soberanes, Julieta; Capozzi, Vittorio; Cotter, Paul D.; Doo, Eun-Hee; Gündüz, Ergün Burcu; Guzel, Mustafa; Harsa, Hayriye S.; Hastaoglu, Emre; Humblot, Christèle; Hyseni, Bahtir; Hosoglu, Muge I.; Issa, Aline; Karakaş-Budak, Barçın; Karakaya, Sibel; Kesenkas, Harun; Keyvan, Erhan; Künili, Ibrahim E.; Kütt, Mary-Liis; Laranjo, Marta; Louis, Sandrine; Mantzouridou, Fani T.; Matalas, Antonia; Mayo, Baltasar; Mojsova, Sandra; Mukherjee, Arghya; Nikolaou, Anastasios; Ortakci, Fatih; Paveljšek, Diana; Perrone, Giancarlo; Pertziger, Eugenia; Santa, Dushica; Sar, Taner; Savary-Auzeloux, Isabelle; Schwab, Clarissa; Starowicz, Małgorzata; Stojanović, Marko; Syrpas, Michail; Tamang, Jyoti P.; Yerlikaya, Oktay; Yilmaz, Birsen; Malagon-Rojas, Jeadran; Salminen, Seppo; Frias, Juana; Chassard, Christophe; Vergères, Guy
    (
    A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )


  • Identification of stemness-related glycosylation changes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma  (2024)  
    • BMC Cancer
     Routila Erica, Mahran Randa, Salminen Seppo, Irjala Heikki, Haapio Eeva, Kytö E, Ventelä Sami, Petterson Kim, Routila Johannes, Gidwani Kamlesh, Leivo Janne
    (
    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
     Tuohy, Kieran; Vaughan, Elaine E.; Harthoorn, Lucien F.; Blaak, Ellen E.; Burnet, Philip W. J.; Busetti, Alessandro; Chakrabarti, Anirikh; Delzenne, Nathalie; de Vos, Paul; Dye, Louise; Guillemet, Damien; Houghton, Lesley A.; Kardinaal, Alwine F. M.; Mersh, Cath; Musa-Veloso, Kathy; Nielsen, Annegret; Palasinska, Justyna; Salminen, Seppo; Walton, Gemma; Venlet, Naomi; Hubermont, Charlotte; Calder, Philip C.
    (
    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
     Guarner, F.; Sanders, M. E.; Szajewska, H.; Cohen, H.; Eliakim, R.; Herrera-deGuise, C.; Karakan, T.; Merenstein, D.; Piscoya, A.; Ramakrishna, B.; Salminen, S.; Melberg, J.
    (
    A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )


  • Evidence on postbiotics in infants and children  (2023)  
    • Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
     Szajewska Hania, Salminen Seppo
    (
    A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )


  • Fermented foods: a perspective on their role in delivering biotics  (2023)  
    • Frontiers in microbiology
     Vinderola Gabriel, Cotter Paul D., Freitas Miguel, Gueimonde Miguel, Holscher Hannah D., Ruas-Madiedo Patricia, Salminen Seppo, Swanson Kelly S., Sanders Mary Ellen, Cifelli Christopher J.
    (
    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Gestational diabetes is driven by microbiota-induced inflammation months before diagnosis  (2023)  
    • Gut
     Pinto Yishay, Frishman Sigal, Turjeman Sondra, Eshel Adi, Nuriel-Ohayon Meital, Shrossel Oshrit, Ziv Oren, Walters William, Parsonnet Julie, Ley Catherine, Johnson Elizabeth L, Kumar Krithika, Schweitzer Ron, Khatib Soliman, Magzal Faiga, Muller Efrat, Tamir Snait, Tenenbaum-Gavish Kinneret, Rautava Samuli, Salminen Seppo, Isolauri Erika, Yariv Or, Peled Yoav, Poran Eran, Pardo Joseph, Chen Rony, Hod Moshe, Borenstein Elhanan, Ley Ruth E, Schwartz Betty, Louzoun Yoram, Hadar Eran, Koren Omry
    (
    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Human Milk Microbiota Profile Affected by Prematurity in Argentinian Lactating Women  (2023)  
    • Microorganisms
     Oddi Sofia, Mantziari Anastasia, Huber Paula, Binetti Ana, Salminen Seppo, Collado Maria Carmen, Vinderola Gabriel
    (
    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
     Tanno Hiroki, Chatel Jean-Marc, Martin Rebeca, Mariat Denis, Sakamoto Mitsuo, Yamazaki Masao, Salminen Seppo, Gueimonde Miguel, Endo Akihito
    (
    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
     McFarland Lynne V., Hecht Gail, Sanders Mary E., Goff Debra A., Goldstein Ellie J. C., Hill Colin, Johnson Stuart, Kashi Maryam R., Kullar Ravina, Marco Maria L., Merenstein Daniel J., Millette Mathieu, Preidis Geoffrey A., Quigley Eamonn M. M., Reid Gregor, Salminen Seppo, Sniffen Jason C., Sokol Harry, Szajewska Hania, Tancredi Daniel J., Woolard Kristin
    (
    A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )



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