Probiotics helping (or hurting) Probiotics

A while back I built a bacteria to bacteria interaction model with rich results. With the addition of the anti-modifier page for professionals, my mind went over to finding probiotic interactions. This is based on the 2000+ microbiome samples uploaded. I have the basic results below

The more positive, the Impact number the more it helps the other species. A negative number indicates that it will reduce the other. Thus, you should not take Clostridium butyricum and Akkermansia muciniphila together. If you are trying to increase Bifidobacterium bifidum then take Arthrobacter (in Prescript-Assist®/SBO Probiotic) and/or Lactobacillus paracasei.

You may wish to check my retail probiotic page to find out which products contains different species.

Take ThisTo Increase This
Akkermansia muciniphilaClostridium butyricum-6
ArthrobacterBifidobacterium bifidum21
ArthrobacterBifidobacterium catenulatum4
Bifidobacterium adolescentisBifidobacterium bifidum3
Bifidobacterium adolescentisBifidobacterium breve7
Bifidobacterium adolescentisLactobacillus fermentum8
Bifidobacterium adolescentisLactobacillus rhamnosus3
Bifidobacterium bifidumArthrobacter20
Bifidobacterium bifidumBifidobacterium adolescentis3
Bifidobacterium bifidumBifidobacterium catenulatum7
Bifidobacterium bifidumLactobacillus fermentum8
Bifidobacterium bifidumLactobacillus paracasei13
Bifidobacterium bifidumLactobacillus salivarius4
Bifidobacterium bifidumLactococcus lactis5
Bifidobacterium breveBifidobacterium adolescentis4
Bifidobacterium breveBifidobacterium longum13
Bifidobacterium breveLactobacillus crispatus9
Bifidobacterium breveLactobacillus rhamnosus6
Bifidobacterium catenulatumArthrobacter5
Bifidobacterium catenulatumBifidobacterium bifidum7
Bifidobacterium longumBifidobacterium breve18
Bifidobacterium longumLactobacillus fermentum3
Clostridium butyricumAkkermansia muciniphila-6
Lactobacillus crispatusBifidobacterium breve12
Lactobacillus crispatusLactobacillus rhamnosus7
Lactobacillus crispatusPediococcus6
Lactobacillus fermentumBifidobacterium adolescentis9
Lactobacillus fermentumBifidobacterium bifidum8
Lactobacillus fermentumBifidobacterium longum3
Lactobacillus paracaseiBifidobacterium bifidum12
Lactobacillus paracaseiLactobacillus plantarum4
Lactobacillus plantarumLactobacillus paracasei3
Lactobacillus plantarumLactobacillus rhamnosus3
Lactobacillus plantarumPediococcus3
Lactobacillus rhamnosusBifidobacterium adolescentis4
Lactobacillus rhamnosusBifidobacterium breve6
Lactobacillus rhamnosusLactobacillus crispatus9
Lactobacillus rhamnosusLactobacillus plantarum5
Lactobacillus salivariusBifidobacterium bifidum4
Lactobacillus salivariusPediococcus5
Lactococcus lactisBifidobacterium bifidum4
Leuconostoc mesenteroidesPediococcus3
PediococcusLactobacillus crispatus8
PediococcusLactobacillus plantarum4
PediococcusLactobacillus salivarius5
PediococcusLeuconostoc mesenteroides4