My irregular review on recent probiotics news:

• Reduces Anxiety
  • http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/changing-gut-bacteria-through-245617: Danone Yogurt (sponsored study)
  • http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110830/full/news.2011.510.html : Lactobacillus rhamnosus
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159115000884#b0100:Bifidobacterium infantis 35624
  • http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=151650&CultureCode=en : Mixture
    • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159115000884
    • Bifidobacterium bifidum W23, Bifidobacterium lactis W52, Lactobacillus acidophilus W37, Lactobacillus brevis W63, L. casei W56, Lactobacillus salivarius W24, and Lactococcus lactis (W19 and W58).
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159115000896 Antibiotics increases
  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24888394 The order Bacteroidales showed an overrepresentation (p = 0.05), while the family Lachnospiraceae showed an underrepresentation (p = 0.02) of OTU’s associated with depression.
• Obesity
  • http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/42392/title/Sewage-Bacteria-Linked-to-Obesity/ Bacteroidaceae were found in greater abundance in the locales with the relatively high obesity rates
• Improves Serotonin leves
  • http://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(15)00248-2: Indigenous spore-forming bacteria
• Impacts Body Odors
  • http://www.microbiomejournal.com/content/3/1/3/abstract
• Pears Appear to “balance Microbiota”
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996914007844 H. pylori inhibition
• Agave better than maltodextrin [Study]
• Gut bacteria shared by family groups of Baboons. http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05224#sthash.3coIKCFq.dpuf
• Can predict food allergies http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599982
• Diabetes: May both detect risk, and treat http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25818484