BC30
Genus: Bacillus
Species: B. coagulans
Strain: Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086
Bacillus coagulans was first isolated and described in 1933 and was elaborated in the fifth edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. It was initially considered to be a spore-forming Lactobacillus. Since Bacillus coagulans exhibits characteristics typical of both genera Lactobacillus and Bacillus, its taxonomic position between the families Lactobacillaceae and Bacillaceae was often debated. However, in the seventh edition of Bergey's, Bacillus coagulans was finally transferred to the genus Bacillus. DNA-based technology was used in distinguishing between the two species of bacteria which are morphologically similar and possess similar physiological and biochemical characteristics.
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Bacillus coagulans is a Gram-positive spore-forming rod 0.9u by 3.0u to 5.0u in size, aerobic to microaerophilic.
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On activation of spore formation in the acidic environment of the stomach, this organism can germinate and proliferate in the intestine, producing the favored L (+) optical isomer of lactic acid.
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Bacillus coagulans provides a biotherapeutic platform for several potentially useful applications.
Sustenex® is the only widely available probiotic supplement with Bacillus coagulans.
Sustenex® chose to include BC30 because of its ability to survive stomach acidity and intestinal bile and for its ability to colonize the intestines.
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Acidophilus
Acidophilus is the general name used to group together bacteria that help in digestion. While many bacteria strains claim to be acidophilus,
Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus) is the only true acidophilus strain. Many US manufacturers however, still use acidophilus more as a general name for mixtures of bacteria, one of which is
Lactobacillus acidophilus. Sustenex
® chose not to pursue a
Lactobacillus strain. Instead, it chose a strain of
Bacillus coagulans,
BC30.
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