Identification of probiotic lactic acid bacteria strains
Liaskovs'kyĭ, T.M.; Pidhors'kyĭ, V.S.; Kovalenko, N.K.; Harmasheva, I.L.; Muchnyk, F.V.
Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal 70(6): 3-9
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0201-8462 PMID: 19351042 Document Number: 622205
The identification of 5 probiotic strains of lactic acid bacteria has been conducted by the method of analysis of physiological properties, API-testing as well as by molecular-genetic methods. It has been confirmed that 4 strains belong to Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus faecium and Streptococcus thermophilus species. S. thermophilus strain has been reidentified as E. durans. The importance of clear identification of microorganism species which is used in probiotics has been demonstrated.