Characterization of Two Bacillus Probiotics

• DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4288-4291.1999
• Publication Date: 2019-12-19T19:55:32Z
• Authors: David H. Green; Phil R. Wakeley; Anthony Page; Andrew Barnes; Loredana Baccigalupi; Ezio Ricca; Simon M. Cutting
• Keywords: Spores, Bacterial; 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; Probiotics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Bacillus; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacillus subtilis; 3. Good health

ABSTRACT

Bacillus subtilis is currently used as an oral probiotic. We examined two commercial B. subtilis probiotic preparations, Enterogermina and Biosubtyl. Surprisingly, physiological and genetic characterization of the bacteria contained in each of these preparations has shown that neither contains B. subtilis .