probiotic: References & Edit History

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  • Kara Rogers
    Kara Rogers is the senior editor of biomedical sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, where she oversees a range of content from medicine and genetics to microorganisms. She joined Britannica in 2006 and has been a member of the National Association of Science Writers since 2009.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Deleted Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Milk: A Scientific Model for Diet and Health Research in the 21st Century. Oct 17, 2026
Top questions added. Sep 08, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Milk: A Scientific Model for Diet and Health Research in the 21st Century. Jul 11, 2026
Add new Web site: Harvard Health Publishing - The benefits of probiotic bacteria. Apr 29, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Probiotics: past, present and future challenges (PDF). Mar 07, 2026
Add new Web site: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - The Nutrition Source - Probiotics for Gut Health. Jan 24, 2026
Add new Web site: Cell Press - Trens in Microbiology - Shaping the Future of Probiotics and Prebiotics. Dec 13, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC Infectious Diseases - Role of probiotic as adjuvant in treating various infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Oct 31, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Microbiology - A comprehensive review of probiotics and human health-current prospective and applications. Aug 06, 2025
Add new Web site: American Academy of Family Physicians - Probiotics. May 15, 2025
Add new Web site: Healthdirect - Probiotics. Jan 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Nature - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology - The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic. Jul 05, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health - Probiotics: Usefulness and Safety. Oct 12, 2023
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - National Institutes of Health - Probiotic. Aug 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Microbiology - A comprehensive review of probiotics and human health-current prospective and applications. Mar 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Probiotics. Jan 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What Should You Know About Probiotics? Dec 09, 2022
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Role of Probiotics in Human Health. Sep 16, 2022
Added mention that probiotics generally are ineffective in the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, such as Crohn disease. Jun 09, 2020
Add new Web site: WebMD - What are Probiotics? Nov 29, 2016
Add new Web site: NHS - Probiotics. Nov 29, 2016
Add new Web site: Healthline - Probiotics 101: A Simple Beginner's Guide. Nov 29, 2016
Add new Web site: MedicineNet - Probiotics. Nov 29, 2016
New article added. Jan 11, 2016
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