Bifidobacterium plantarum and Strain-Specific Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum Quantification

• Development of a propidium monoazide-droplet digital polymerase chain reaction assay for strain-specific quantification of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum YZH81 in fermented milk.

  • 2026-04
  • Journal of dairy science 109(4)
  • • Zhihao Wang
    • Yanrong Liu
    • Zhongfa Tan
    • Chi Zhang
    • Xiaoli Wang
    • Yao Yang

  • PubMed: 41485570
  • DOI: 10.3168/jds.2025-27317

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  • Strain-Specific Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum Quantification

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  • Animal Study

  This strain-specific PMA-ddPCR method provides a rapid, sensitive, and effective solution for quality control and regulatory compliance assessment of probiotic fermented milk, enabling precise quantification of viable target strains even in complex product matrices with high specificity and reproducibility.

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  Small