Assessment of shelf-life and metabolic viability of a multi-strain synbiotic using standard and innovative enumeration technologies

The number of live bacterial cells is the most used parameter to assess the quality of finished probiotic products. Plate counting (PC) is the standard method in industry to enumerate cells. Application of PC implies critical aspects related to the selection of optimal nutrient media and growth cond...

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Main Authors: Annalisa Visciglia, Serena Allesina, Angela Amoruso, Annachiara De Prisco, Raja Dhir, Peter A. Bron, Marco Pane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.989563/full