Next-generation Probiotics for Human Health: A Critical Narrative Review of Mechanisms, Clinical Translation, Safety and Precision Microbiome Therapeutics
Sandhya Dhyani, Himani Belwal & Neetu Dobhal · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2026
The term next-generation probiotic (NGP) is increasingly used for health-associated gut commensals and rationally engineered microorganisms developed from microbiome science rather than from the historical food-fermentation route that produced most conventional probiotics. This e...