INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
On Original Bulgarian Yogurt
25 - 27 May 2005, Sofia


  In 2005 with the initiative of Dr Stamen Grigorov Foundation Bulgarian scientific society celebrated the 100 anniversary of the Lactobacillus bulgaricus Grigoroff discovering realisin an International Symposium on the Original Bulgarian kisselo mliako (yogurt) held on 25 - 27 May 2005 in Sofia under the patronage of Georgi Parvanov - president of Republic of Bulgaria. the topics and the discussions were related to the historical and modern achievements in the the field of physiology, biochemistry, genetics, taxonomy of the lactic acid bacteria, with the starter cultures, technology of Bulgarian kisselo mliako, with probiotics in modern nutrition, in prophylaxis and treatment of contemporary diseases.
  In the symposium took part famous scientists - microbiologistata from Italy, France, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Macedonia, wtc. Form Bulgarian part scientific presentations made scientist form the Institute of Microbiology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 'St Kliment Ohridski' Sofia University, Medical University - Sofia, University of Food Technology - Plovdiv, Medical University - Varna, The Centre for science, development and production 'LB Bulgaricum', etc.



ABSTRACTS

• "The Vita of Dr. Stamen Grigoroff", A. Galabov, Institute of Microbiology, BAS
• "Bulgarian sour milk - a unique probiotic",Ch. Tchomakov, professor in Chemical Engineering Institute in Sofia
• "The Bulgarian Starters for Yogurt", Dr. Z. Nikolov, Dr. M. Stefanova - Kondratenko
• "Taxonomy of Lactobacillus bulgaricus Grigoroff", F. Dellaglio, G. Felis
• "Development and Applications of Genetic Exchange Systems for Yogurt Starter Lactic Acid Bacteria", T. Sasaki, Y. Sasaki, Y. Ito
• "Whole Genome Sequencing of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus 2038: Structural and Functional Analysis", Hua-Jun ZHENG, Bo-Fei WANG, Shuang-Xi REN, Sheng-Yue WANG, Hui HAN, Munehiro ODA, Kazuo SHIN, Gang FU, Zai Si JI, Guo-Ping ZHAO
• "Variable genomic regions from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus: application for molecular typing and collection management", Ts. Stefanova, I. Atanassov, Z.Urshev, K. Stefanova, A.Atanassov
• "Polyphasic characterization of bio-active lactobacillus strain from artisanal dairy products", S. Danova, R. Aleksandrova, G. Stoyancheva, P. Petrova, I. Boudakov
• "Description of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. indicus, a novel subspecies grouping strains isolated from Indian yogurt", A. Castioni, Jacques-Edouard Germond, S. Torriani, G. Felis, F. Dellaglio
• "Activity of Bulgarian starter cultures during cryopreservation", N. Rumyan, G. Georgiev, I. Petrova, N. Zhilkov, E. Karaivanova, L. Rizova
• "Exopolysaccharide producing Streptococcus thermophilus 6v added to starters for traditional Bulgarian yogurt modifies the rheology of the final product", Z. Urshev, K. Pashova-Baltova, Zh. Dimitrov, P. Pavlov, N. Ninova
• "Exopolysaccharide-producing Streptococcus thermophilus -application in cottage and cheddar cheese manufacture", B. Savage, A. Zourari
• "Reduced Dissolved Oxygen Fermentation": a New Commercial Method for Rapid, Low Temperature Yoghurt Production, H. Horiuchi, N. Inoue, N. Orii
• "Evaluation of inhibitory activity of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus on Helicobacter pylori growth in vitro", L. Boyanova, M. Stefanova-Kondratenko, G. Gergova, I. Mitov
• "Health beneficial properties of selected original Bulgarian yoghurt bacteria - as monocultures and in combinations", B. Gyosheva
• "Antitumor effect of Bulgarian fermented milk bacteria, (experimental studies)", R. Enikova, D. Tzonevski, N. Donchev
• "Microbiological principles in the development of milk products for balanced nutrition of the North Siberia inhabitants", A. Kujarov, I. Smirnov
• "Prebiotics stimulated the growth of lactic acid bacteria, but not production of antimicrobial compounds or adhesion of probiotic cells to intestinal mucus", M. Brink, S. Todorov, G. Stoyancheva, M. Senekal, L. Dicks
• "Partial characterization of bacteriocin ST 91 km, produced by Lactococcus lactis subsp. Lactis", R. Peiterse, S. Todorov, R. Aleksandrova, L.Dicks
• "Influence of growth medium on bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus paracasei ST284BZ, a strain isolated from boza", S.Todorov, P. Petrova, L. Dicks
• "Rheological behaviour of milk fermented with strains of Streptococcus thermophilus", J. Schoevers, A. Zourari
• "Growth in milk: a challenging task for strains of the species Lactobacillus delbrueckii", G. Felis, Jacques-Edouard Germond, F. Dellaglio, A. Castioni, S. Torriani
• "Taxonomic characterisation of Lactobacillus fermentum strains from vaginal samples", S. Dimitonova, B. Bakalov, S. Danova
• "Technological properties and genotyping of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus strains isolated from home-made yogurt" , K. Pashova-Baltova, V. Andreeva, Z. Urshev, M. Michaylova, S. Minkova, M. Fukui, K. Isawa
• "Fast practical approach to the selection of a replacement starter in the event of phage infection in the yoghurt factory", Z. Urshev, I. Shishkova
• Effect of ELBY SPORT nutritious additives on judo and sumo players health condition and physical working capacity, B.Gyosheva, P.Ivanova, S.Gronkova, A.Hristova, M.Spasova, A.Nikolova
• "Selection of Lactobacillus bulgaricus strains with probiotic properties", I. Murgov, Z. Denkova