| The most recently published articles | The test for screening | The property of probiotics |
| Hughes and Hoover (1995) | Β-Galactosidase activity | Additional health benefits |
| Pompei et al. (2007) | Production of vitamis |
| Kullisaar et al. (2002) | Linolenic acid test |
| Campieri et al. (2001) | Oxalate-degradation |
| Burns and Rowland (2004) | Ames test | Anticancer |
| Pool-Zobel et al. (1996) | Comet assay |
| Duangjitcharoen et al. (2014) | Nitrosamine degrading assay |
| Choi et al. (2006) | Preventing colon cancer cell invasion |
| Castro et al. (2010) | Induction of apoptosis of cancer cells |
| Faridnial et al. (2010) | Binding to mutagenic compounds |
| Nybom et al. (2009) | Removal of toxins and toxic metals |
| Cousin et al. (2012) | Bacterial fermentation and production of SCFAs |
| Coman et al. (2014) | Production of antimicrobial metabolism such as organic acids and bacteriocins | Antimicrobial assays |
| Bao et al. (2010) | Co-aggregation with pathogens |
| Ewaschuk et al. (2008) | Enhancement of intestinal barrier function |
| Zheng et al. (2013) | Deconjuation of bile salts | Cardiovasular diseases |
| Lye et al. (2010) | Conversion of cholesterol to coprostanol |
| Papadimitriou et al. (2007) | Peptides from bacterial metabolism with ACE inhibitory activity |
| Garcia-Cayuela et al. (2014) | Cell surface hydrophobicity | Colonization of the host |
| Kinoshita et al. (2013) | Adhesion to mucus |
| Botta et al. (2014) | Auto-aggregation screening |
| Tassell and Miller (2011) | Adhesion to intestinal epithelium |
| Corthesy et al. (2007) | Bacterial translocation in the GT | Immunomodulation |
| Cencic and Langerholc (2010) | Co-culture models mimicking in vivo situation |
| Steinberg et al. (2014) | Interaction of host immune system with bacterial compounds |
| McKay et al. (1997) | Regulation of epithelial tight junctions |
| Foligne et al. (2007) | Anti-inflammatory immune-stimulating properties |
| Kim et al. (2013) | β-hexosaminidase release assay |
| Pisano et al. (2014) | Antibiotic resistance | Safety assays |
| Pisano et al. (2014) | Hemolytic activity |
| Harty et al. (1994) | Adhesion to mammalian cells |
| Bernardeau et al. (2006) | Production of enzymes |
| Tan et al. (2013) | Production of toxins |
| Bover-Cid and Holzapfei (1999) | Production of biogenic amines |
| Van den Abbeele et al. (2012) | Low pH and bile | Survival stress within the host |