Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 and Accurate Enumeration of Viable Probiotic Bacteria

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

  • 2018-02-23
  • PLOS ONE 13(2)
  • • M. Majeed
    • Shaheen Majeed
    • K. Nagabhushanam
    • Ardra Punnapuzha
    • S. Philip
    • Lakshmi A Mundkur

  • PubMed: 29474436
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192836

  1 Insight on

  • Accurate Enumeration of Viable Probiotic Bacteria

  • Low evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  we explored the use of flow cytometry to enumerate the viable count of B. coagulans MTCC 5856 under acidic and alkaline conditions, high temperature and in commercial formulations like compressed tablets and capsules

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small