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19622453

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
Probiotics are gaining increasing scientific and commercial interest as functional foods. Their success has led to the development and marketing of a broad range of products based on probiotics. In this context, resolution of the taxonomy of microbial species remains a key point, since different species belonging to the same genus may have different beneficial properties. Lactobacillus sporogenes, which should be correctly classified as Bacillus coagulans, represents the archetypal misidentified probiotic and its inclusion among probiotics has often been a matter of debate. Since this bacterium shows characteristics of both genera Lactobacillus and Bacillus, its taxonomic position between the families lactobacillaceae and bacillaceae has often been discussed.This review summarizes the salient probiotic features of L. sporogenes /B. coagulans by examining currently available information. Although the use of L. sporogenes spores as a probiotic has increased in recent years, clinical evidence of its benefits are limited to only a few studies involving small patient populations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1973-9478
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
371-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Should Lactobacillus sporogenes and Bacillus coagulans have a future?
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Clinical Che,istry, IRCCS Galeazzi Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. lorenzo.drago@unimi.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review