Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus Reuteri (L. Reuteri) Improves Intestinal Health and Fights Bad Bacteria

Lactobacillus reuteri is a probiotic whose benefits have only recently come to light. Originally classified as a strain of Lactobacillus fermentum, it wasn’t until 1980 that L. reuteri was identified as a distinct species of lactic acid bacteria subsequent to research conducted in the 1960s by Gerhard Reuter, for whom L. reuteri was named.

In an article titled “The Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium microflora of the human intestine: composition and succession,” it was observed by Dr. Reuter that L. reuteri and L. gasseri were the predominant indigenous Lactobacillus species in infants as well as in adults and that the microflora of these …read more