| Literature DB >> 10473456 |
D H Green1, P R Wakeley, A Page, A Barnes, L Baccigalupi, E Ricca, S M Cutting.
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Bacillus subtilis is currently used as an oral probiotic. We examined two commercial B. subtilis probiotic preparations, Enterogermina and Biosubtyl. Surprisingly, physiological and genetic characterization of the bacteria contained in each of these preparations has shown that neither contains B. subtilis.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10473456 PMCID: PMC99781 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.65.9.4288-4291.1999
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792