Biocheese: A Food Probiotic Carrier

Table 1

Most relevant species/subspecies of probiotic bacteria successfully added to cheese. Species including candidate strains or of possible potential use as probiotics. P = Propionibacterium. Data collected and adapted from Karimi et al. [4].

Lactobacillus	Bifidobacterium	Others ()
L. acidophilus	B. animalis	Enterococcus faecalis
L. casei	B. animalis ssp. lactis	E. faecium
L. casei ssp. pseudoplantarum	B. breve	Lactococcus lactis
L. casei ssp. rhamnosus	B. infantis	Leuconostoc paramesenteroides
L. delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus	B. lactis	P. freudenreichii ssp. shermanii
L. delbrueckii ssp. lactis	B. longum	Streptococcus thermophilus
L. gasseri
L. paracasei
L. plantarum
L. rhamnosus
L. salivarius