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ReviewProbiotics and antimicrobial proteins2026

Revisiting Strategies for Bacterial Enumeration: The Case for Viable but Nonculturable (VBNC) Cells in Supplement Products.

T O Kirby, J R Townsend, E D Walts, A Kiefer, J Zhu, M Cormier, D Pathak, C Wong, A Castillo, J Ochoa-Repáraz and 4 more

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Review in Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

T O KirbyResearch, Nutrition, and Innovation, AG1, Carson City, NV, USA. trevor.kirby@drinkag1.com.
J R TownsendResearch, Nutrition, and Innovation, AG1, Carson City, NV, USA.
E D WaltsResearch, Nutrition, and Innovation, AG1, Carson City, NV, USA.
A KieferIFF Health and Biosciences, Danisco USA, Inc, Madison, WI, USA.
J ZhuIFF Health and Biosciences, Danisco USA, Inc, Madison, WI, USA.
M CormierIFF Health and Biosciences, Danisco USA, Inc, Madison, WI, USA.
D PathakIFF Health and Biosciences, Danisco USA, Inc, Madison, WI, USA.
C WongIFF Health and Biosciences, Danisco USA, Inc, Madison, WI, USA.
A CastilloDepartment of Biology, Eastern Washington University, 1175 Washington St. Science 226, Cheney, WA, 99004, USA.
J Ochoa-RepárazDepartment of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID, 83725, USA.
R JägerIncrenovo LLC, Whitefish Bay, WI, 53217, USA.
R H LaiResearch, Nutrition, and Innovation, AG1, Carson City, NV, USA.
L NymanResearch, Nutrition, and Innovation, AG1, Carson City, NV, USA.
R EspositoResearch, Nutrition, and Innovation, AG1, Carson City, NV, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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CFUDigital PCREnumerationProbioticsViable but Nonculturable

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PMID41718948
PMCPMC13368837

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