All probiotics have three different qualifiers: genus, species, and strain. For example, when looking at Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum N‑1, Lactiplantibacillus is the genus, Plantarum is the species, and N-1 is the strain number. Genus: Genus is the broadest identifier. It includes several different types of bacteria in the same general group but with many different characteristics and health benefits. Species: The term species becomes more specific. All bacterial strains within a species have similar characteristics, but there are some subtle differences between them. A strain refers to a specific type of bacteria, and the name of the strain can be represented by letters, symbols, or numbers at will.
There are many types of probiotics, and the same probiotic strain contains multiple strains. The acquisition of a single strain requires institutional screening and recognition before it is awarded a strain number and ultimately used in products. In other words, the strain number is a manifestation of the core technology of the probiotic industry. The probiotic strain number often represents that the probiotic has undergone a large number of clinical trials, its safety and efficacy have been confirmed, and it can pass through the gastrointestinal tract smoothly without being killed by gastric acid, and can eventually stabilize in the human intestines Breed down. When consumers purchase probiotic products, they need to choose products with clear probiotic strain numbers. This is also the defense and protection of their consumer rights.
my country's regulations on probiotic strain numbers mainly include the "Probiotic Strain Management Regulations" and the "Probiotic Strain Naming and Identification Regulations", etc., which stipulate the naming, distribution, management, labeling, and other aspects of probiotic strain numbers. The existence of probiotic strain numbers can facilitate the identification, classification, and naming of probiotics. It can ensure the stability of probiotics, and enable different researchers and manufacturers to communicate and compare the same probiotics, thereby promoting the application and development of probiotics in the fields of medicine, health care, and food. But in fact, the real ID number of probiotics is the "strain preservation number". The "strain number" of a probiotic is just a name, and anyone can give it a name (just like our more common "Zihan"), while the "strain preservation number" is a unique number given by the official strain preservation agency. , is the real probiotic ID number.