In this study, we investigate the potential for oral Lactobacilli (LB) to afford innate protection against nasopharyngeal coloniser Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB), which causes the bulk of UK meningococcal disease. Oral isolates of L. plant... Read More about Oral Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 8825 inhibits adhesion, invasion and metabolism of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B and affords anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic protection to nasopharyngeal epithelial cells.