TABLE 4.

Some potential probiotics proposed for their efficacy against IBDs.

Probiotic starins	References
Lactobacillus reuteri (R2LC)	Madsen et al., (1999)
L. salivarius UCC118	O’Mahony et al., (2001)
L. casei GG (L. GG)	Malin et al., (1996)
VSL#3 (Vivomixx in Eurpoe and Visbiome in USA)	Madsen (2001)
L. plantarum 299v; L. plantarum HY115; L. plantarum DSM 9843	Schultz et al., (2002); Osman et al., (2004); Lee, et al., (2008)
Bifidobacterium Infantis; Bifidobacterium Bb-12	Tanabe et al., (2008)
L. rhamnosus GG	Schultz et al., (2003)
S. boulardii	Guslandi et al., (2000)
L. fermentum ACA-DC179	Zoumpopoulou et al., (2008)
L. brevis HY7401	Lee, et al., (2008)
L. johnsonii NCC 533	Pridmore et al., (2008)
Lactococcus Lactis (engineered)	Steidler et al., (2000)
E. coli Nissle 1917	Malchow (1997); Kruis et al., (2004)
L. salivarius 433118	McCarthy et al., (2003)
Bifidobacterium infantis 1222; Bifidobacteria sp. 3B1; B. infantis DSM 15158	Shiba et al., (2003); Osman et al., (2004)