Research Article

Genotoxicity Assessment of Multispecies Probiotics Using Reverse Mutation, Mammalian Chromosomal Aberration, and Rodent Micronucleus Tests

Table 2

Genotyping of the test bacterial strains.

StrainsHistidine requirement ΔuvrB mutationrfa mutationAmpicillin resistance

TA97++++
TA98++++
TA100++++
TA102+Θ++
TA1535+++Θ

+: the strain carries the mutation; Θ: the strain does not possess the feature.