<p>Camel milk has attracted increasing scientific interest due to its unique microbiological composition and functional properties, particularly the presence of diverse Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) with antibacterial and biopreservative potential. Despite growing research on camel milk-derived LAB in fermentation, food safety and bioactive metabolite production, quantitative mapping of this field remains limited. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the global research landscape, scientific trends and emerging themes related to camel milk-associated LAB and their applications in food biopreservation. A bibliometric analysis was performed on 496 Scopus-indexed publications published between 2000 and 2025. Bibliographic data were analyzed using the Bibliometrix package in R and VOSviewer to evaluate scientific production, citation patterns, collaboration networks, co-authorship, keyword co-occurrence, intellectual structure, thematic evolution and international research collaboration. Scientific production increased substantially, particularly during the most recent decade, demonstrating growing research interest in camel milk-derived LAB and sustainable food-preservation strategies. The thematic evolution revealed a progression from studies primarily focused on fermentation and LAB characterization toward antimicrobial activity, pathogen control, probiotic functionality, bioactive metabolites and food-related applications. Keyword co-occurrence analysis identified food safety, shelf-life extension, antimicrobial activity and probiotic functionality among the major research themes, while postbiotics, bioactive compounds, metabolomics and innovative preservation approaches emerged as increasingly important topics. The geographical analysis showed that scientific production was concentrated in major camel-producing and research-intensive countries, whereas international collaboration remained comparatively limited. Importantly, the findings indicate that research on camel milk-derived LAB remains more strongly oriented toward microbial characterization and probiotic/functional properties than toward validated food-biopreservation applications.<br />
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<p>Research Trends, Emerging Hotspots and Future Perspectives of Camel Milk-derived Lactic Acid Bacteria in Food Biopreservation: A Bibliometric Analysis</p>


<div>In the present investigation the biopreservative effect of bacteriocin of Brevibacillus laterosporus TK3 was investigated in raw chicken. Bacteriocin producing strain has been isolated from &ldquo;Tatwakhar&rdquo;- a flour prepared from seeds of Indian Horse Chestnut (Aesculus indica). Bacteriocin of Brevibacillus laterosporus TK3 showed strong antagonism against food spoilage/pathogenic bacteria viz. Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus. The bacteriocin was purified and molecular weight of this novel bacteriocin was found to be 6 kDa. This purified bacteriocin with specific activity 34,482.0 AU/mg was applied in raw chicken and minced chicken against L. monocytogenes &nbsp;and &nbsp;S. aureus &nbsp;which showed &nbsp;the &nbsp;positive &nbsp;results in &nbsp;controlling &nbsp;the &nbsp;growth &nbsp;of &nbsp;these &nbsp;deadly pathogens. Purified bacteriocin was found successful in controlling the growth of L. monocytogenes up to 7th day which is almost at par with the results achieved with chemical preservative i.e. sodium nitrite. Further, purified bacteriocin restricted the growth of S. aureus up to 5th day whereas chemical preservative was able to control the growth of S. aureus up to 3rd day. The results found in these experiments deal with application of bacteriocin as biopreservative in chicken as an alternative to chemical preservative are quite encouraging and satisfactory.</div>


<div>Efficacy of Purified Bacteriocin of &ldquo;<em>Brevibacillus laterosporus</em> TK3&rdquo; against <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em> and <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> in Chicken</div>


Research Trends, Emerging Hotspots and Future Perspectives of Camel Milk-derived Lactic Acid Bacteria in Food Biopreservation: A Bibliometric Analysis

Efficacy of Purified Bacteriocin of “Brevibacillus laterosporus TK3” against Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus in Chicken