This panel is recommended to screen for important probiotic bacteria within your product.
The following strains are included in this panel:
- General Lactobacillus and Pediococcus strains
- Acetic acid producing bacteria (Acetobacter, Gluconobacter, Gluconacetobacter, Komagataeibacter)
- General Bacillus (facultative anaerobic bacteria)
- Bacillus coagulans (lactic acid producing bacteria)
Additional Kombucha individual assays include the following
For Bacteria:
- Lactobacillus acetotolerans
- Lactobacillus fructivorans
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus
- Lactobacillus delbruekii
- Lactobacillus brevis
- Pediococcus damnosus
- General Komagataeibacter (acetic acid producing bacteria)
- Komagataeibacter hansenii
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa (food pathogen capable of metabolizing caffeine present in tea)
For Yeast:
- Lachancea thermotolerans
- Saccharomycodes ludwigii
- Zygosaccharomyces rouxii
- Zygosaccharomyces kombuchaensia
- Bacillus coagulans (lactic acid producing bacteria)