Absolute Enumeration of Probiotic Strains Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM® and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bl-04® via Chip-Based Digital PCR

Commercial Probiotic Products

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

Development of lyophilization procedure ensuring survival of bifidobacteria and preservation of their probiotic potential upon long-term storage

(2017) N. V. Kharchenko et al.   MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison among the Quantification of Bacterial Pathogens by qPCR, dPCR, and Cultural Methods

(2017) Matteo Ricchi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Absolute Quantification of Enterococcal 23S rRNA Gene Using Digital PCR

(2016) Dan Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Novel method based on chromogenic media for discrimination and selective enumeration of lactic acid bacteria in fermented milk products

(2016) Anna Galat et al.   FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Use of propidium monoazide for selective profiling of viable microbial cells during Gouda cheese ripening

(2016) Oylum Erkus et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative Performance of Reagents and Platforms for Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus DNA by Digital PCR

(2016) R. T. Hayden et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Picoliter Well Array Chip-Based Digital Recombinase Polymerase Amplification for Absolute Quantification of Nucleic Acids

(2016) Zhao Li et al.   PLoS One

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

(2016) Wesley Morovic et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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

(2016) Jennifer N. Patro et al.   mSphere

Clinical value of chip-based digital-PCR platform for the detection of circulating DNA in metastatic colorectal cancer

(2015) David Sefrioui et al.   DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE

Use of ethidium monoazide and propidium monoazide to determine viral infectivity upon inactivation by heat, UV- exposure and chlorine

(2015) Mats Leifels et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Development of a rapid SNP-typing assay to differentiate Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis strains used in probiotic-supplemented dairy products

(2015) Sara Lomonaco et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Cell membrane integrity and distinguishing between metabolically active and inactive cells as a means of improving viability PCR

(2015) Francesc Codony et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PROBES

Molecular methods (digital PCR and real-time PCR) for the quantification of low copy DNA ofPhytophthora nicotianaein environmental samples

(2015) Josefa Blaya et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Stability of probiotic Lactobacillus paracasei during storage as affected by the drying method

(2014) Devastotra Poddar et al.   INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL

Accurate quantitation of JAK2 V617F allele burden by array-based digital PCR

(2014) E. Kinz et al.   International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Evaluation of viability-qPCR detection system on viable and dead Salmonella serovar Enteritidis

(2014) Elodie Barbau-Piednoir et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

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

(2014) Catherine Davis   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

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

Probiotic functional foods: Survival of probiotics during processing and storage

(2014) M.K. Tripathi et al.   Journal of Functional Foods

Bacterial Strain Typing

(2013) Duncan MacCannell   CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE

Improving efficiency of viability-PCR for selective detection of live cells

(2013) Esther Nkuipou-Kenfack et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Detection of viable but non-culturable Escherichia coli O157:H7 from vegetable samples using quantitative PCR with propidium monoazide and immunological assays

(2012) Laura-Dorina Dinu et al.   FOOD CONTROL

Progress in understanding preferential detection of live cells using viability dyes in combination with DNA amplification

(2012) Mariana Fittipaldi et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Primer3—new capabilities and interfaces

(2012) Andreas Untergasser et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Assessment of Probiotic Viability during Cheddar Cheese Manufacture and Ripening Using Propidium Monoazide-PCR Quantification

(2012) Émilie Desfossés-Foucault et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Evaluation of Digital PCR for Absolute DNA Quantification

(2011) Rebecca Sanders et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Recommendations for the viability assessment of probiotics as concentrated cultures and in food matrices

(2011) Claude P. Champagne et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Survival of probiotic adjunct cultures in cheese and challenges in their enumeration using selective media

(2011) C.J. Oberg et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Enhancing the stress responses of probiotics for a lifestyle from gut to product and back again

(2011) Susan Mills et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Factors influencing the accuracy of the plating method used to enumerate low numbers of viable micro-organisms in food

(2010) I. Jongenburger et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

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

Simultaneous detection and enumeration of viable lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria in fermented milk by using propidium monoazide and real-time PCR

(2009) Tomás García-Cayuela et al.   INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL

Comparison of the Complete Genome Sequences of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis DSM 10140 and Bl-04

(2009) R. Barrangou et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Evolution, Population Structure, and Phylogeography of Genetically Monomorphic Bacterial Pathogens

(2008) Mark Achtman   Annual Review of Microbiology

Effect of air freezing, spray freezing, and pressure shift freezing on membrane integrity and viability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2008) Marcus Volkert et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING

Degradation of 16S rRNA and attributes of viability of viable but nonculturable probiotic bacteria

(2008) S.J. Lahtinen et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY