Identification of Strains
Strain identification is essential for the safety evaluation of probiotic products. Based on the knowledge of the characteristics of the genus in which the strain is located, preliminary judgments and predictions can be made about the characteristics of the strain to be evaluated.
Creative Enzymes' experienced scientific team and advanced testing platforms allow us to provide our clients with accurate strain identification services. Our multi-strategy identification approach ensures that we can provide our clients with a comprehensive, one-stop solution to help them better understand the information and characteristics of the strains in their products and obtain safe and reliable probiotic products.
Fig. 1 Identification of probiotics.
Importance of Strain Identification
- The accurate identification of probiotic strains in taxonomy is the basis for the safety evaluation of probiotics and the first step in the safety evaluation of probiotics.
- Products containing probiotics are gaining popularity worldwide. Unfortunately, improper labeling of probiotic items is very common in commercial products.
- The accurate identification of strains is not only a key starting point for probiotic safety research, but also involves various issues such as intellectual property rights and consumers' right to know.
Creative Enzymes is deeply aware of the importance of probiotic safety to human health. Therefore, as a responsible probiotic-related service provider, we are committed to provide safe and reliable probiotic products to the market from strain safety identification.
The Strain Identification Methods We Offered
The long-term use of probiotics as germplasm resources in the food, biological and pharmaceutical industries has allowed the identification of probiotics based on growth traits, metabolic and fermentation capacity, viability, targets of action and other characteristics. Creative Enzymes combines a variety of methods to help our clients determine the reliability and accuracy of strains. Browse the following methods in detail for more information.
Fig. 2 The strain identification methods of Creative Enzymes.
Physiological and Biochemical Methods
As one of the common strategies in microbial identification, physiological and biochemical test methods are used to identify some microorganisms that are not easily distinguishable in morphological and other aspects by measuring their metabolites. The physiological and biochemical based tests we offer to our clients include carbon-containing compound utilization, peroxidase assays, sugar or alcohol fermentation tests, starch hydrolysis tests, etc.
Molecular Biology Methods
Molecular biology methods provide a more efficient and accurate method of strain identification. We offer molecular biology-based methods including nucleic acid molecular hybridization techniques, recA gene sequence analysis, DNA base ratio determination, 16sRDNA sequence analysis method, denaturing gradient electrophoresis techniques, etc.
Automated Identification System
Creative Enzymes offers our clients a fast, easy and automated identification method for coding identification. We use a certain number of cards depending on the object of identification, and we obtain the identification results by comparing the results expressed in numerical form with the database.
Fluorescence Spectrometry
Fluorescence spectrometry uses the linear relationship between the intensity and concentration of fluorescence emitted by a substance for quantitative analysis and the shape of the fluorescence spectrum and the wavelength corresponding to the fluorescence peak for qualitative analysis. The method was identified by isolation of the samples collected at the species level.
Creative Enzymes is a professional and experienced probiotic supplier and service provider. Our multi-strategy-based identification methods provide our clients with efficient and accurate strain detection results. To get more information, please contact us or fill out the online inquiry below, we will be happy to serve your research demands.
