Table 1 Microorganisms usually connected with beneficial probiotic and dietary properties in cultured milks

Probiotics	Strains
Bifidobacterium species	Bifidobacterium longumBifidobacterium bifidumBifidobacterium infantisBifidobacterium animalisBifidobacterium lactis
Pediococcus species	Pediococcus acidilactici
Lactobacillus speices	Lactobacillus delbruekii supsp. bugaricusLactobacillus acidophilusLactobacillus caseiLactobacillus paracaseiLactobacillus plantarumLactobacillus reuteriLactobacillus rhamnosus
Propionibacterium species	Propionibacterium freudenreichii
Enterococcus species	Enterococcus faecium (previous name Streptococcus faecium)