Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40606146›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Assessment of potential probiotic lactic acid bacteria in rice-based fermented products of Southern Assam, Northeast India.

Hanna Yumnam, Soumitra Nath, Pragya Chakraborty, Indu Sharma

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hanna YumnamDepartment of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India.
Soumitra NathDepartment of Biotechnology, Gurucharan College, Silchar, Assam, India.
Pragya ChakrabortyDepartment of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India.
Indu SharmaDepartment of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Indigenous ethnic fermented products have gained recognition as valuable sources of probiotic bacteria, which play a crucial role in maintaining the natural balance of the gut microbiota. Methods: Twenty-five samples of rice-based fermented products were analyzed, recovering 16 LAB isolates, preliminarily identified by morphological and biochemical tests, and further confirmed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Subsequent Results: The potential probiotic strains were able to tolerate low pH, gastric juice, bile salts, and pancreatin enzymes; however notable variations in resistance were also observed and several strains demonstrated a significant ability of the strains to adhere to intestinal epithelial cells. All the isolates lacked DNase and hemolytic activity, confirming the safety of the isolates. Antibiotic susceptibility profiles indicated no harmful resistance patterns and displayed significant antagonistic activity against test pathogens. Furthermore, the study reported the absence of technological properties, specifically in terms of proteolytic, lipolytic, and amylolytic activity. Discussion: Most of the isolated strains showed significantly significant results with p <0.05 and <0.01, reinforcing the probiotic potential and safety of the isolates. These promising isolated strains hold potential as safe probiotics, offering significant health benefits.

Indexed as

gut healthindigenous fermented productslactic acidprobiotic bacteriasafety criteria

Identifiers

PMID40606146
PMCPMC12213737

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.