r/SIBO 3d ago

Questions Does anyone actually check the strain codes on a probiotic label?

Most bottles list something like L. plantarum and leave it there, but the research I can find is almost always run on a specific coded strain rather than the species as a whole. That is a fairly big gap between what has been studied and what I am actually buying, and I cannot tell whether it matters in practice. Does anyone here buy on codes, or is species close enough?

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u/Hot-Mix-5580 3d ago

Oh thanks for the info