Strictly anaerobic cultivation of probiotic bacteria

Probiotics can positively influence the health of the human gut microbiome. That’s why scientific research on anaerobic or microaerophilic cultivation techniques, such as the cultivation of probiotics, is essential to human health.

The BioLector XT microbioreactor accelerates cultivation and strain evaluation of diverse organisms, including anaerobes, while consistently producing high-quality data. Compact in size, it supports robust, real-time evaluation of key cultivation parameters—including biomass, pH value, dissolved oxygen (DO) and fluorescence—in a standard 48-well microplate format.

In this application note, you’ll discover how researchers use the BioLector XT microbioreactor to perform anaerobic batch and fed-batch cultivations of the probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Bifidobacterium bifidum. The compact device can be placed on a regular lab bench without the need to locate in an anaerobic chamber.