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bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis + lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus

Development stage
Phase 3
Lead developer
Chr. Hansen
Modality
Synthetic Biology Platforms → Engineered Microbial Therapeutics → Microbiome Therapeutics, Fresh FMT → Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) → Microbiome Therapeutics, Yeast Strains → Single Strain Products → Live Biotherapeutic Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Bacterial Strains → Single Strain Products → Live Biotherapeutic Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Defined Consortia → Multi-strain Products → Live Biotherapeutic Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Frozen FMT → Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) → Microbiome Therapeutics, Genetically Modified Bacteria → Engineered Microbial Therapeutics → Microbiome Therapeutics, Microbial Metabolites → Microbiome-Derived Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Microbial Proteins → Microbiome-Derived Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Complex Communities → Multi-strain Products → Live Biotherapeutic Products → Microbiome Therapeutics
Administration
Oral
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Overview

This is a **combination of two probiotic bacterial strains**: Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (typically the BB-12 strain) and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (commonly the GG strain, historically known as Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG). Both components are live biotherapeutic probiotic organisms. The combination is orally administered and is intended to support **gastrointestinal health, modulation of the immune system, and restoration of a healthy intestinal microbiota**. Clinical studies have explored its use for preventing or treating malabsorption and weight gain issues in premature infants, reducing gastrointestinal infections, preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and as adjunctive therapy to support immune response in older adults[1][2][3]. The key mechanisms are competitive exclusion of pathogenic microbes, enhancement of the gut barrier, modulation of local and systemic immune function, promotion of beneficial gut colonization, and production of metabolic substances such as short-chain fatty acids[1][2].

Brand names
Probio-Tec BG-VCap-6.5
Other names
bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis + lactobacillus rhamnosusbifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 + lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GGBB-12 + LGG
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Targets

TLR (Toll-like receptors)

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