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Sampo J Lahtinen1, Miguel Gueimonde, Arthur C Ouwehand, Johanna P Reinikainen, Seppo J Salminen.
Abstract
The determination of bacterial viability in probiotic products is of economic, technological, and clinical significance. We compared four methods to enumerate three Bifidobacterium strains in fermented oat products during storage. A subpopulation of nonculturable cells retained a functional cell membrane typical of viable cells, indicating that probiotic bacteria become dormant during storage.Mesh:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15746375 PMCID: PMC1065127 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1662-1663.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792