Table 3.

Probiotics with proven therapeutic potential for UC.

Probiotic	Reference
Escherichia coli Nissle 1917	Kruis et al., Rembacken et al., Kruis et al., (163–165).
Saccharomyces boulardii	Guslandi et al., (166).
Bifidobacteria	Ishikawa et al., Kato et al., (167, 168).
Lactobacillus GG	Zocco et al., (169).
VSL # 3 (a probiotic mixture containing L. paracasei, L. plantarum, L. acidophilus, and L. delbrueckii subsp bulgaricus, B. longum, B. breve, B. infantis and Streptococcus thermophilus	Sood et al., Miele et al., Tursi et al., (170, 171).
Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 55730	Oliva et al., (172).
Symprove (a probiotic mixture containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus NCIMB 30174, Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 30173, Lactobacillus acidophilus NCIMB 30175 and Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 30176)	Bjarnason et al., (173).