Joseph, Jiddu
Boby, Sanya
Zhu, Zhaoyan
Mooyottu, Shankumar
Vinayamohan, Poonam Gopika
Pellissery, Abraham Joseph
Li, Yihang
Muyyarikkandy, Muhammed Shafeekh
Article History
Received: 5 February 2026
Accepted: 19 May 2026
First Online: 3 June 2026
Competing interests
: A provisional patent application covering the isolated probiotic strains ( Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides MLS3, Lactococcus lactis MLS12, and Leuconostoc lactis MLS22) and their functional applications has been filed and is currently pending.
: A provisional patent application covering the isolated probiotic strains ( Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides MLS3, Lactococcus lactis MLS12, and Leuconostoc lactis MLS22) and their functional applications has been filed and is currently pending.
: We used Microsoft Copilot (based on GPT-5 architecture) as a digital assistant for grammar checking and minor writing modifications during manuscript preparation. No content generation beyond language refinement was performed, and all scientific interpretations, data analyses, and conclusions are solely those of the authors.