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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue 3, Pages 1662-1663Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1662-1663.2005
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The determination of bacterial viability in probiotic products is of economic, technological, and clinical significance. We compared four methods to enumerate three Bifidobacterium strains in fermented oat products during storage. A subpopulation of nonculturable cells retained a functional cell membrane typical of viable cells, indicating that probiotic bacteria become dormant during storage.
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