By Dr Ananya Mandal, MDLive probiotic bacteria can be found in yoghurts and other foods fortified with probiotics. These “friendly” bacteria are also available in the freeze-dried form as tablets, sachets and powders, for example.
To understand how a probiotic strain is named, Lactobacillus casei DN-114 001 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG can be used as examples. Here, Lactobacillus refers to the genus; casei or rhamnosus to the species, while GG and DN-114 001 are unique strain designations.
Other examples of probiotic strains are give below:
Bifidobacterium
- Bifidobacterium animalis DN 173 010
- Bifidobacterium infantis 35624
- Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 (DR10)
- Bifidobacterium longum BB536
Lactobacillus
- Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5
- Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM
- Lactobacillus casei DN-114 001
- Lactobacillus casei CRL431
- Lactobacillus casei F19
- Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 (Lj1)
- Lactobacillus plantarum 299V
- Lactobacillus reuteri ATTC 55730
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC 53013 (LGG)
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus LB21
- Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118
- Lactobacillus acidophilus LAFTI® L10
Combinations
Some examples of combination probiotics include:
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 & Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14
- Lactobacillus acidophilus CL1285 & Lactobacillus casei Lbc80r
- Lactobacillus acidophilus CUL60 & Bifidobacterium bifidum CUL 20
- Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 & Lactobacillus rhamnosus R0011
Reviewed by Sally Robertson, BSc
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