Understanding Probiotics
Your guide to the benefits of probiotic strains.
Understanding Probiotics: The Basics
Probiotics are live microorganisms that can provide health benefits when consumed in adequate amounts. They play a vital role in maintaining gut health and can influence digestion, immune function, and overall well-being. By enhancing the balance of good bacteria in the digestive system, probiotics help prevent various gastrointestinal issues and may contribute to overall health. In this section, we’ll delve into the different types of probiotic strains, their benefits, and how they can be incorporated into your diet for optimal health.
A
- Acinetobacter sp. (KU011TH)
- Akkermansia muciniphila (AKK2)
- Akkermansia muciniphila (EB-AMDK19)
- Akkermansia muciniphila (MucT)
- Alkalihalobacillus clausii (N/R)
- Alkalihalobacillus clausii (O/C)
- Alkalihalobacillus clausii (SIN)
- Alkalihalobacillus clausii (T)
- Anaerobutyricum hallii (DSM 3353)
- Anaerobutyricum soehngenii (L2-7)
- Anaerostipes caccae (CML199)
- Apilactobacillus kunkeei (FF30-6)
- Apilactobacillus kunkeei (K34)
- Apilactobacillus kunkeei (K45)
- Aureobasidium pullulans (AFO-202)
- Aureobasidium pullulans (N-163)
B
- Bacillus coagulans (GBI-30, 6086)
- Bacillus coagulans (MTCC 5856)
- Bacillus coagulans (SNZ 1969)
- Bacillus coagulans (Unique IS2)
- Bacillus indicus (HU36)
- Bacillus subtilis (CU1)
- Bacillus subtilis (DE111)
- Bacillus subtilis (HU58)
- Bacillus toyonensis (BCT-7112^T)
- Bacteroides ovatus (ATCC 8483)
- Bacteroides uniformis (CECT 7771)
- Bacteroides xylanisolvens (DSM 23964)
- Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (B420)
- Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (BB-12)
- Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (Bi-07)
- Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (Bl-04)
- Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (BPL1)
- Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (DN-173 010)
- Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (HN019)
- Bifidobacterium bifidum (BGN4)
- Bifidobacterium bifidum (MIMBb75)
- Bifidobacterium bifidum (W23)
- Bifidobacterium breve (A1)
- Bifidobacterium breve (B632)
- Bifidobacterium breve (BR03)
- Bifidobacterium breve (M-16V)
- Bifidobacterium breve (MCC1274)
- Bifidobacterium longum (1714)
- Bifidobacterium longum (35624)
- Bifidobacterium longum (BB536)
- Bifidobacterium longum (R0175)
- Blautia obeum (A2-162)
- Blautia producta (D4)
- Brevibacillus laterosporus (BL1)
- Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum (25-3^T)
C
- Christensenella minuta (DSM 22607^T)
- Christensenella minuta (DSM 33715)
- Clostridium butyricum (MIYAIRI 588 (CBM 588))
- Coprococcus eutactus (ART55/1)
D
E
- Enterococcus faecalis (FK‑23)
- Enterococcus faecalis (TH10)
- Enterococcus faecium (SF68)
- Enterococcus faecium (T‑110)
- Enterococcus mundtii (ST4SA)
- Escherichia coli (Nissle 1917)
F
- Faecalibacterium duncaniae (A2‑165)
- Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (APC918/95b)
- Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (APC924/119)
- Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (ATCC 27766)
- Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (ATCC 27768)
- Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (HTF‑F)
- Fusicatenibacter saccharivorans (HT03‑11)
- Fusicatenibacter saccharivorans (KO‑38)
G
- Geotrichum candidum (QAUGC01)
- Geotrichum candidum (UCMA103)
- Geotrichum candidum (UCMA3730)
- Geotrichum candidum (UCMA91)
H
I
K
- Kazachstania turicensis (CAU Y1706)
- Kazachstania unispora (ATCC 48555 (CBS 2423))
- Kluyveromyces lactis (JSA 18)
- Kluyveromyces marxianus (A4)
- Kluyveromyces marxianus (B0399)
- Kluyveromyces marxianus (DMKU3-1042)
L
- Lacticaseibacillus casei (CASEI 431)
- Lacticaseibacillus casei (DN-114001)
- Lacticaseibacillus casei (LC2W)
- Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (8700:2)
- Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (DG)
- Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (F19)
- Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (K71)
- Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (Lpc-37)
- Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (MCC1849)
- Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (Shirota)
- Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (ST11)
- Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (GG)
- Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (GR-1)
- Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (HN001)
- Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (Lr-32)
- Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (R0011)
- Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (RC-14)
- Lactiplantibacillus pentosus (b240)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (299 (DSM 6595))
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (299v)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (DR7)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (HEAL9)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (IS-10506)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (KCA1)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (L-137 (HK L-137))
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (Lp-115)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (P-8)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (PS128)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (TWK10)
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (WCFS1)
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (DDS-1)
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (La-14)
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA-5)
- Lactobacillus acidophilus (NCFM)
- Lactobacillus crispatus (CTV-05)
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (2038)
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (ATCC 11842)
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (OLL1073R-1)
- Lactobacillus gasseri (BNR17)
- Lactobacillus gasseri (CP2305)
- Lactobacillus gasseri (OLL2716 (LG21))
- Lactobacillus gasseri (SBT2055 (LG2055))
- Lactobacillus helveticus (R0052)
- Lactobacillus helveticus (SBT2171 (LH2171))
- Lactobacillus johnsonii (N6.2)
- Lactobacillus johnsonii (NCC 533 (La1))
- Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens (M1)
- Lactococcus lactis (H61)
- Lactococcus lactis (IL1403)
- Lactococcus lactis (JCM 5805)
- Lactococcus lactis (MG1363)
- Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris (FC)
- Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris (YRC3780)
- Lentilactobacillus kefiri (CIDCA 8348)
- Lentilactobacillus kefiri (LKF01 (DSM 32079))
- Leuconostoc mesenteroides (ATCC 19254 (LF2))
- Leuconostoc mesenteroides (DRC1506)
- Leuconostoc mesenteroides (H40)
- Leuconostoc mesenteroides (NRRL B-512F)
- Leuconostoc mesenteroides (PBio03)
- Leuconostoc mesenteroides (PBio104)
- Levilactobacillus brevis (CD2)
- Levilactobacillus brevis (KB290)
- Ligilactobacillus salivarius (LS01)
- Ligilactobacillus salivarius (UCC118)
- Limosilactobacillus fermentum (CECT 5716)
- Limosilactobacillus fermentum (ME-3)
- Limosilactobacillus reuteri (ATCC 55730)
- Limosilactobacillus reuteri (ATCC PTA 6475)
- Limosilactobacillus reuteri (ATCC PTA-4659)
- Limosilactobacillus reuteri (ATCC PTA-5289)
- Limosilactobacillus reuteri (DSM 17938)
- Loigolactobacillus coryniformis (K8)
M
- Megasphaera elsdenii (NCIMB 41125)
- Metschnikowia pulcherrima (4×3)
- Metschnikowia pulcherrima (DH5)
- Metschnikowia pulcherrima (ICS1)
- Metschnikowia pulcherrima (QRI1)
- Mitsuokella jalaludinii (M9^T)
N
O
P
- Paenibacillus ehimensis (NPUST1)
- Paenibacillus polymyxa (10)
- Paenibacillus polymyxa (AM20)
- Parabacteroides distasonis (ATCC 8503)
- Parabacteroides distasonis (F4)
- Parabacteroides goldsteinii (MTS01)
- Parabacteroides goldsteinii (RV-01)
- Pediococcus acidilactici (CNCM I-4622)
- Pediococcus acidilactici (CNCM MA 18/5M)
- Pediococcus acidilactici (K15)
- Pediococcus pentosaceus (CECT 8330)
- Pediococcus pentosaceus (E3)
- Pediococcus pentosaceus (IE-3)
- Pediococcus pentosaceus (LP28)
- Pediococcus pentosaceus (MR001)
- Pediococcus pentosaceus (SL4)
- Pediococcus pentosaceus (THG-219)
- Phaeobacter inhibens (2.1)
- Phaeobacter inhibens (DSM 17395)
- Phaeobacter piscinae (S26)
- Phocaeicola vulgatus (ATCC 8482)
- Pichia kudriavzevii (B-5P)
- Pichia kudriavzevii (OG32)
- Pichia kudriavzevii (SJP-SNU)
- Pichia kudriavzevii (Y33)
- Propionibacterium freudenreichii (CIRM-BIA 129 (ITG P20))
- Propionibacterium freudenreichii (DSM 20271^T)
- Propionibacterium freudenreichii (JS)
R
- Rhodopseudomonas palustris (2C)
- Rhodopseudomonas palustris (G06)
- Rhodopseudomonas palustris (PSB06)
- Rhodovulum sulfidophilum (KKMI01)
- Roseburia hominis (A2-183)
- Roseburia intestinalis (L1-82)
- Ruminococcus bromii (L2-63)
S
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (CNCM I-3856)
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii (CNCM I-745)
- Shewanella putrefaciens (Pdp11)
- Sporolactobacillus inulinus (ATCC 15538 (strain EU))
- Streptococcus oralis (KJ3)
- Streptococcus oralis subsp. dentisani (7746)
- Streptococcus rattus (JH145)
- Streptococcus salivarius (24SMB)
- Streptococcus salivarius (K12)
- Streptococcus salivarius (M18)
- Streptococcus thermophilus (CNRZ1066)
- Streptococcus thermophilus (LMD-9)
- Streptococcus thermophilus (LMG 18311)
- Streptococcus thermophilus (NCDO 573)
- Streptococcus thermophilus (TH-4)
- Streptococcus uberis (KJ2)
T
- Tetragenococcus halophilus (EFEL7002)
- Tetragenococcus halophilus (FBL3)
- Tetragenococcus halophilus (No. 1)
- Tetragenococcus halophilus (WJ7)
- Tetragenococcus halophilus (YA163)
- Tetragenococcus halophilus (YA5)
- Tetragenococcus halophilus (YG2)
- Turicibacter sanguinis (MOL361)
- Turicibacter sp. (H121)
V
W
- Weissella cibaria (CMS1)
- Weissella cibaria (CMU)
- Weissella cibaria (JW15)
- Weissella cibaria (P-8)
- Weissella confusa (AI10)
- Weissella confusa (F213)
- Weissella confusa (KR780676)
- Weissella confusa (PP29)
- Weissella confusa (W1)
- Weissella confusa (W2)
- Wickerhamomyces anomalus (NCYC 433)
- Wickerhamomyces anomalus (WA45)
Y
The Advantages of Probiotics
Boost Digestive Health
Probiotics help balance gut bacteria, aiding digestion and nutrient absorption.
Strengthen Immunity
Regular intake of probiotics can enhance immune responses, protecting against illness.
Improve Mental Well-being
Supporting gut health can positively affect mood and reduce anxiety symptoms.
Aid Weight Management
Certain strains of probiotics can assist in maintaining a healthy weight.
Explore Probiotic Strains
Discover a range of probiotic strains to enhance your gut health and overall well-being.
FAQ
Common Questions About Probiotics
Probiotics are live microorganisms that can provide health benefits when consumed in adequate amounts. They are often referred to as ‘good’ or ‘friendly’ bacteria, which can help to balance the natural bacteria in your gut.
Probiotics work by restoring the balance of good bacteria in the gut, which can be disrupted due to various factors. They can help improve digestion, support the immune system, and prevent harmful bacteria from causing issues.
Most people tolerate probiotics well. However, some may experience mild side effects such as bloating or gas. It’s best to start with a lower dose and see how your body reacts.
Probiotics can be beneficial for various groups, including those with digestive issues, individuals on antibiotics, and anyone looking to boost their gut health. Always consult with a healthcare provider before starting any new supplement.
You can include probiotics in your diet by consuming fermented foods like yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, and kimchi. Probiotic supplements are also an option, but it’s important to choose high-quality products.
Some studies suggest a potential link between probiotics and weight management, but research is ongoing. A healthy lifestyle that includes diet and exercise is crucial, and probiotics may complement these efforts.
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