Table 2.

Probiotics strains with documented efficacy in gut-brain axis disorders [144,148,166,172].

Condition	Strain
Anxiety and depression	Lactobacillus fermentum NS8 and NS9, Lactobacillus casei Shirota, Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2809, Lactobacillus rhamnosus JB-1, Lactobacillus helveticus Rosell -52, Lactobacillus acidophilus W37, Lactobacillus brevis W63, Lactococcus lactis W19 and W58, Bifidobacterium longum Rosell-175, Bifidobacterium longum NCC3001, Bifidobacterium longum 1714, Bifidobacterium bifidum W23, Bifidobacterium lactis W52, Lactobacillus plantarum 299v
Stress	Lactobacillus casei Shirota, Lactobacillus helveticus Rosell -52, Lactobacillus plantarum PS128, Bifidobacterium longum Rosell-175, Lactobacillus gasseri CP230 *
FGIDs	Lactobacillus plantarum 299v (DSM 9843), Escherichia coli DSM17252, Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173, Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 Bifidobacterium infantis 35624, Lactobacillus rhamnosus NCIMB 30174, Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 30173, Lactobacillus acidophilus NCIMB 30175, Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 30176

* Para-psychobiotic-heat inactivated strain.