Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17 and Improved Gastrointestinal Health

• Real-Time PCR Assays for the Specific Identification of Probiotic Strains Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17 and Lactobacillus reuteri LRC (NCIMB 30242)

  • 2020-08-11
  • Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins 13(3)
  • • H. Shehata
    • S. Ragupathy
    • Shara-Gaye Allen
    • G. Leyer
    • S. Newmaster

  • PubMed: 32780278
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12602-020-09695-y

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Gastrointestinal Health

  • Low evidence

  Both Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17 and Lactobacillus reuteri LRC (NCIMB 30242) strains have clinically proven health benefits; however, no assays were developed to enable strain-level identification of either of these strains.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small