Kombucha Total Probiotic Count Panel
qPCR
The Kombucha Total Probiotic Count Panel is recommended for testing those important probiotic bacteria present in your product.
The following are included in this recommended 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)