TABLE 4.

Dose and recovery of allochthonous lactobacilli in human feces

Bacteria	Daily dose (cells/ml)	Reisolation (CFU/g feces)	Reference(s)
Probiotics
L. rhamnosus GG	1010	105-108	38
L. casei strain Shirota	1011	Around 107	88
L. rhamnosus DR20	109	105-106	96
Food lactobacilli
L. paracasei	109	107-108	13
L. delbrueckii	1010	105-108	38
L. casei	1010	105-108	38
Oral lactobacilli
Ca. 20% of subjects >106 CFU/ml saliva	>109a		1, 16, 43
Ca. 40% of subjects >105 CFU/ml saliva	>108a

^aValues are based on a daily saliva output of >1,000 ml.