ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2021
Assessing Viability and Stress Tolerance of Probiotics-A Review.
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Abstract
The interest in probiotics has increased rapidly the latest years together with the global market for probiotic products. Consequently, establishing reliable microbiological methods for assuring the presence of a certain number of viable microorganisms in probiotic products has become increasingly important. To assure adequate numbers of viable cells, authorities are enquiring for information on viability rates within a certain shelf-life in colony forming units (CFU). This information is obtained from plate count enumeration, a method that enables detection of bacterial cells based on their ability to replicate. Although performing plate count enumeration is one manner of assessing viability, cells can still be viable without possessing the ability to replicate. Thus, to properly assess probiotic viability, further analysis of a broader group of characteristics using several types of methods is proposed. In addition to viability, it is crucial to identify how well the cells in a probiotic product can survive in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and thus be able to mediate the desired health benefit while passing through the human body. A broad spectrum of different assay designs for assessing probiotic gastric tolerance have been used in research and quality control. However, the absence of any consensus on how to assess these qualities makes it difficult to compare between laboratories and to translate the results into
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