Table 2. The shifting taxonomy of probiotic strains.
aBrand names may vary by country or formulation, most common brand name given (-), no brand name. ATCC: American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA; CBS: Central Bureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baam, The Netherlands, CNCM: Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France); DSM: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen, Braunschweig, Germany; nr, not reported [4,9].
| Probiotic brand namea | Older designations | Current designations |
| Actimel | L. casei immunitas L. casei Defensis | L. casei CNCM I-1518 (DN114-001) |
| Activia | B. lactis or B. lactis Regularis | B. animalis spp. Lactis DN173010 (CNCM I-2494) |
| Bio-k+ | L. acidophilus CL1285 and L. casei LBC80R | L. acidophilus CL1285 and L. casei LBC80R and L. rhamnosus CLR2 |
| Culturelle | L. rhamnosus GG | L. rhamnosus GG (atcc53103) |
| Dicoflor | L. rhamnosus GR1 and L. fermentum RC14 | L. rhamnosus GR1 and L. reuteri RC14 |
| Florastor | Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii S. boulardii lyo S. boulardii hansen CBS-5926 | S. boulardii CNCM I-745 (ATCC 53103) |
| Ganeden BC | L. sporogenes | B. coagulans GBI-30, 6086 |
| Lacidofil | L. rhamnosus R11 or LB24 and L. acidophilus R52 or YS or K1, or K300 | L. rhamnosus R11 (CNCM I-1720) L. helveticus R52 (CNCM I-1722) |
| Lactinex | L. bulgaricus and L. acidophilus | L. helveticus (ATCC 33409) and L. gasseri (ATCC 4962) |
| Probi AB Oor ProViva | L. plantarum | L. plantarum 299v (DSM 9843) |
| Protecflor | B. longum RW001 and L. rhamnosus R11 and L. accidophilus R52 and S. boulardii | B. longum R175 (CNCM I-755) and L. rhamnosus R11 (CNCM I-1720) and L. helveticus R52 (cncm i-1722) AND S. cerevisiae boulardii (CNCM I-1079) |
| Protectis | L. reuteri DSM 55730 or L. reuteri SD2112 or L. reuteri ATCC 55730 | L. reuteri DSM17938 or ATCC7938 (daughter strain) |
| Yakult | L. casei YIT9029 | L. casei Shirota |
| VSL#3 | B. longum DSM24736, Bifidobacterium infantis SD5220/DSM24737, B. breve DSM24732, L. acidophilus DSM247305, L. plantarum DSM24730, L. paracasei DSM24733, L. delbrueckii spp DSM24734, Streptococcus thermophilus DSM24731 | B. longus BL03, B. infantis spp. Lactis BI04, B. breve BB02, L. acidophilus BA05, L. plantarum BP06, L. paracasei BP07, L. helveticus BD08 Streptococcus thermophilus BT01 |
| - | Streptococcus faecalis | Entercoccus faecalis |
| - | L. acidophilus La-1 | L. johnsonii ATCC 33200 |
| - | B. infantis 35624 | B. longum spp. Longum 35624 |
| - | B. lactis Bb12 or B. lactis DSM15954 | B. animalis spp. Lactis Bb12 (CNCM 3446) |