Biography
"Dr. Paola Mattarelli is researcher at University of Bologna, Italy. She has 30-years’ experience on the taxonomy, functional properties and microbial ecology of Bifidobacteriaceae, especially in human, primates and other animal host interactions; other fields of interests are traditional fermented food and interaction between natural substances and microbiota. She is a member of the ""Subcommittee on Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms"" (International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology of the IUMS)."