Authenticity of probiotic foods and dietary supplements: A pivotal issue to address

Guidelines for Validation of Qualitative Real-Time PCR Methods for Molecular Diagnostic Identification of Probiotics

(2020) Hanan R Shehata et al.   JOURNAL OF AOAC INTERNATIONAL

Droplet Digital PCR Is an Improved Alternative Method for High-Quality Enumeration of Viable Probiotic Strains

(2020) Sarah J. Z. Hansen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Design of PCR assays to specifically detect and identify 37 Lactobacillus species in a single 96 well plate

(2020) Eiseul Kim et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae

(2020) Jinshui Zheng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Ethnic and industrial probiotic foods and beverages: efficacy and acceptance

(2020) Sudhanshu S Behera et al.   Current Opinion in Food Science

New insights in enumeration methodologies of probiotic cells in finished products

(2020) Chiara Foglia et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Criteria to Qualify Microorganisms as “Probiotic” in Foods and Dietary Supplements

(2020) Sylvie Binda et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Combined Targeted and Non-targeted PCR Based Methods Reveal High Levels of Compliance in Probiotic Products Sold as Dietary Supplements in United States and Canada

(2020) Hanan R. Shehata et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Neglected Microbial Components of Commercial Probiotic Formulations

(2020) Walter Fiore et al.   Microorganisms

Holo-Omics: Integrated Host-Microbiota Multi-omics for Basic and Applied Biological Research

(2020) Lasse Nyholm et al.   iScience

Do Your Kids Get What You Paid for? Evaluation of Commercially Available Probiotic Products Intended for Children in the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea

(2020) Clarizza May Dioso et al.   Foods

Compositional assessment of bacterial communities in probiotic supplements by means of metagenomic techniques

(2019) Gabriele Andrea Lugli et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Strain-level diversity of commercial probiotic isolates of Bacillus, Lactobacillus, and Saccharomyces species illustrated by molecular identification and phenotypic profiling

(2019) Juliana M. Ansari et al.   PLoS One

New strategies for the development of innovative fermented meat products: a review regarding the incorporation of probiotics and dietary fibers

(2019) C. V. Bis-Souza et al.   FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL

Improving End-User Trust in the Quality of Commercial Probiotic Products

(2019) Scott A. Jackson et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Identification of Bacillus species: Implication on the quality of probiotic formulations

(2019) Francesco Celandroni et al.   PLoS One

Probiotics in Food Systems: Significance and Emerging Strategies Towards Improved Viability and Delivery of Enhanced Beneficial Value

(2019) Antonia Terpou et al.   Nutrients

Viability and Composition Validation of Commercial Probiotic Products by Selective Culturing Combined with Next-Generation Sequencing

(2019) Mati Ullah et al.   Microorganisms

Quality of probiotic products for preterm infants: Contamination and missing strains

(2019) Marijn J. Vermeulen et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

The enumeration of probiotic issues: From unavailable standardised culture media to a recommended procedure?

(2019) Gabriel Vinderola et al.   INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL

Accurate and Strict Identification of Probiotic Species Based on Coverage of Whole-Metagenome Shotgun Sequencing Data

(2019) Donghyeok Seol et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Development of omics‐based protocols for the microbiological characterization of multi‐strain formulations marketed as probiotics: the case of VSL#3

(2019) Diego Mora et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Enumeration of Escherichia coli in Probiotic Products

(2019) Camille Zimmer et al.   Microorganisms

Technological strategies ensuring the safe arrival of beneficial microorganisms to the gut: From food processing and storage to their passage through the gastrointestinal tract

(2019) Lucía Cassani et al.   FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL

Phylogenomics of 10,575 genomes reveals evolutionary proximity between domains Bacteria and Archaea

(2019) Qiyun Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

The Unregulated Probiotic Market

(2018) Claudio de Simone   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Non-dairy probiotic food products: An emerging group of functional foods

(2018) Min Min et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

Shared mechanisms among probiotic taxa: implications for general probiotic claims

(2018) Mary Ellen Sanders et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Quantification of Lactobacillus paracasei viable cells in probiotic yoghurt by propidium monoazide combined with quantitative PCR

(2018) Mirella Crhistine Scariot et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Flow cytometry: a versatile technology for specific quantification and viability assessment of micro-organisms in multistrain probiotic products

(2018) C. Chiron et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid assessment of viable but non-culturable Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 in commercial formulations using Flow cytometry

(2018) Muhammed Majeed et al.   PLoS One

Postbiotics: An evolving term within the functional foods field

(2018) J.E. Aguilar-Toalá et al.   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Whey and Its Derivatives for Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, and Functional Foods: a Critical Review

(2018) Ourdia Kareb et al.   Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Comparative Genomics of the Genus Lactobacillus Reveals Robust Phylogroups That Provide the Basis for Reclassification

(2018) Elisa Salvetti et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A standardized bacterial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny substantially revises the tree of life

(2018) Donovan H Parks et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Probiotics and Their Potential Preventive and Therapeutic Role for Cancer, High Serum Cholesterol, and Allergic and HIV Diseases

(2018) Yusuf Nazir et al.   Biomed Research International

The Lactobacillus casei Group: History and Health Related Applications

(2018) Daragh Hill et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Probiotic dairy-based beverages: A review

(2018) Nazli Turkmen et al.   Journal of Functional Foods

Commercial Probiotic Products

(2017) Sanja Kolaček et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION

Fermented cereal beverages: from probiotic, prebiotic and synbiotic towards Nanoscience designed healthy drinks

(2017) I. Salmerón   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

When regulation challenges innovation: The case of the genus Lactobacillus

(2017) Elisa Salvetti et al.   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of PacBio sequencing for full-length bacterial 16S rRNA gene classification

(2016) Josef Wagner et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Assessment of commercial probiotic products in China for labelling accuracy and probiotic characterisation of selected isolates

(2016) Tingtao Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DAIRY TECHNOLOGY

Application of propidium monoazide quantitative real-time PCR to quantify the viability of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus

(2016) Yuyu Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Assessment of the Microbiological Status of Probiotic Products

(2016) Anna Zawistowska-Rojek et al.   Polish Journal of Microbiology

Genotyping by PCR and High-Throughput Sequencing of Commercial Probiotic Products Reveals Composition Biases

(2016) Wesley Morovic et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Identification of Bacillus Probiotics Isolated from Soil Rhizosphere Using 16S rRNA, recA, rpoB Gene Sequencing and RAPD-PCR

(2016) Milad Mohkam et al.   Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Influence of food matrix on the viability of probiotic bacteria: A review based on dairy and non-dairy beverages

(2016) Amal Bakr Shori   Food Bioscience

Culture-Independent Metagenomic Surveillance of Commercially Available Probiotics with High-Throughput Next-Generation Sequencing

(2016) Jennifer N. Patro et al.   mSphere

Probiotic potentials of cereal-based beverages

(2015) Victor. N. Enujiugha et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

Next-generation sequencing as an approach to dairy starter selection

(2015) Philip Kelleher et al.   Dairy Science & Technology

A selective medium for isolation and accurate enumeration of Lactobacillus casei-group members in probiotic milks and dairy products

(2015) Maria Di Lena et al.   INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL

Labeling quality and molecular characterization studies of products containing Lactobacillus spp. strains.

(2015) Giovanna Blandino et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Development and utility of the FDA ‘GutProbe’ DNA microarray for identification, genotyping and metagenomic analysis of commercially available probiotics

(2015) J.N. Patro et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Trends in dairy and non-dairy probiotic products - a review

(2015) Bathal Vijaya Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Validating bifidobacterial species and subspecies identity in commercial probiotic products

(2015) Zachery T. Lewis et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Expanding the biotechnology potential of lactobacilli through comparative genomics of 213 strains and associated genera

(2015) Zhihong Sun et al.   Nature Communications

Discovering probiotic microorganisms: in vitro, in vivo, genetic and omics approaches

(2015) Konstantinos Papadimitriou et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Genomic Encyclopedia of Type Strains of the Genus Bifidobacterium

(2014) Christian Milani et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Investigation of the Evolutionary Development of the Genus Bifidobacterium by Comparative Genomics

(2014) Gabriele Andrea Lugli et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative genomics of the dairy isolate Streptococcus macedonicus ACA-DC 198 against related members of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex

(2014) Konstantinos Papadimitriou et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Nucleic-Acid-Based Methods Used in the Microbial Safety Assessment of Milk and Dairy Products

(2014) Vincenzina Fusco et al.   COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY

Microbiological Evaluation of Commercial Probiotic Products Available in the USA in 2009

(2014) L. Drago et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY

Enumeration of probiotic strains: Review of culture-dependent and alternative techniques to quantify viable bacteria

(2014) Catherine Davis   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Quantitative detection of Listeria monocytogenes in raw milk and soft cheeses: Culture-independent versus liquid- and solid-based culture-dependent real time PCR approaches

(2014) Grazia Marina Quero et al.   LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic

(2014) Colin Hill et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Bacterial counts from five over-the-counter probiotics: Are you getting what you paid for?

(2013) Ellie J.C. Goldstein et al.   ANAEROBE

Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis ATCC 27673 Is a Genomically Unique Strain within Its Conserved Subspecies

(2013) Joseph R. Loquasto et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fermented Milks and Milk Products as Functional Foods—A Review

(2013) V. K. Shiby et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

The life history ofLactobacillus acidophilusas a probiotic: a tale of revisionary taxonomy, misidentification and commercial success

(2013) Matthew Bull et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Omics for the study of probiotic microorganisms

(2013) Borja Sánchez et al.   FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL

Products of vegetable origin: A new alternative for the consumption of probiotic bacteria

(2013) Eliane M. Furtado Martins et al.   FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL

Microbial characterization of probiotics-Advisory report of the Working Group “8651 Probiotics” of the Belgian Superior Health Council (SHC)

(2013) Geert Huys et al.   MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH

Advantageous Direct Quantification of Viable Closely Related Probiotics in Petit-Suisse Cheeses under In Vitro Gastrointestinal Conditions by Propidium Monoazide - qPCR

(2013) Martha Lissete Morales Villarreal et al.   PLoS One

Thin agar layer- versus most probable number-PCR to enumerate viable and stressed Escherichia coli O157:H7 and application in a traditional raw milk pasta filata cheese

(2012) Vincenzina Fusco et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Probiogenomics as a tool to obtain genetic insights into adaptation of probiotic bacteria to the human gut

(2012) Marco Ventura et al.   Bioengineered

Recent advances in quantitative PCR (qPCR) applications in food microbiology

(2011) Florence Postollec et al.   FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

The immunomodulatory properties of probiotic microorganisms beyond their viability (ghost probiotics: proposal of paraprobiotic concept)

(2011) Valentina Taverniti et al.   Genes and Nutrition

Horizontal gene transfer amongst probiotic lactic acid bacteria and other intestinal microbiota: what are the possibilities? A review

(2010) Carol A. van Reenen et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Antibiotic Resistance and Molecular Characterization of Probiotic and Clinical Lactobacillus Strains in Relation to Safety Aspects of Probiotics

(2010) Günter Klein   Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Quality control of fifteen probiotic products containing Saccharomyces boulardii

(2010) L.M.E. Vanhee et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Determination of the Bacterial Composition of Commercial Probiotic Products by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

(2010) Angela Marcobal et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION

Genes but Not Genomes Reveal Bacterial Domestication of Lactococcus Lactis

(2010) Delphine Passerini et al.   PLoS One

Strain-Specific Genotyping of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis by Using Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Insertions, and Deletions

(2009) E. P. Briczinski et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Quantification of live and dead probiotic bacteria in lyophilised product by real-time PCR and by flow cytometry

(2009) Mateja Kramer et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

National survey outcomes on commercial probiotic food supplements in Italy

(2009) Paolo Aureli et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Probiotics genomics

(2009) Roland J. Siezen et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Comparative genomic analysis of the gut bacterium Bifidobacterium longum reveals loci susceptible to deletion during pure culture growth

(2008) Ju-Hoon Lee et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Probiotic Formulations and Applications, the Current Probiotics Market, and Changes in the Marketplace: A European Perspective

(2008) Maija Saxelin   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Current Marketplace for Probiotics: A Japanese Perspective

(2008) Harunobu Amagase   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The type strain of Lactobacillus casei is ATCC 393, ATCC 334 cannot serve as the type because it represents a different taxon, the name Lactobacillus paracasei and its subspecies names are not rejected and the revival of the name 'Lactobacillus zeae' contravenes Rules 51b (1) and (2) of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Opinion 82

(2008)   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Genome-scale analyses of health-promoting bacteria: probiogenomics

(2008) Marco Ventura et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY