Lactobacillus johnsonii VPro 33 and Reduced Pathogen Growth

• A highly acid-resistant novel strain of Lactobacillus johnsonii No. 1088 has antibacterial activity, including that against Helicobacter pylori, and inhibits gastrin-mediated acid production in mice

  • 2015-03-15
  • MicrobiologyOpen 4(3)
  • • Y. Aiba
    • Y. Nakano
    • Y. Koga
    • Kenji Takahashi
    • Y. Komatsu

  • PubMed: 25771812
  • DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.252

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Pathogen Growth

  • Low evidence

  When cultured with various virulent bacteria, L. johnsonii No. 1088 inhibited the growth of Helicobacter pylori, Escherichia coli O-157, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Clostridium difficile, in which case its effectiveness was more potent than that of a type strain of L. johnsonii, JCM2012.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large