Review Article
Health Benefits of Probiotics: A Review
Table 1
Adapted from Holzapfel et al., 2001 [
10].
| Microorganisms considered as probiotics | Lactobacillus species | Bifidobacterium species |
| L. acidophilus L. casei L. crispatus L. L. gasseri L. johnsonii L. paracasei L. plantarum L. reuteri L. rhamnosus | B. adolescentis B. animalis B. bifidum B. breve B. infantis B. B. longum |
| Other lactic acid bacteria | Nonlactic acid bacteria |
| Enterococcus E. faecium Lactococcus Leuconostoc mesenteroides Pediococcus Sporolactobacillus Streptococcus | Bacillus cereus var. Escherichia coli strain nissle Propionibacterium freudenreichii Saccharomyces cerevisiae S. boulardii |
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Mainly used for animals.
2Recently reclassified as B. animalis subsp. lactis [59].
3Little is known about probiotic properties.
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