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Lactobacillus

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Lactobacilli are gram positive bacilli which are commensal with human beings.

The major source of probiotics for humans is dairy-based foods containing intestinal species of Lactobacillus or Bifidobacterium. The most common type used is Lactobacillus acidophilus (also known as one of the "friendly bacteria"), a species of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria often found in the intestinal tract of humans and animals, the human mouth and vagina.

There is evidence that probiotics may prevent some antibiotic-associated diarrhoea - antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD) showed a robust preventative correlation with three strains: Saccharomyces boulardii I-745, three lactobacillus strains (L. acidophilus CL1285 + L. casei Lbc80r + L. rhamnosus CLR2), and Lactobacillus casei. (1)

Reference

  1. McFarland LV, Evans CT, Goldstein EJC. Strain-Specificity and Disease-Specificity of Probiotic Efficacy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Med (Lausanne). 2018;5:124

 

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