an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . october 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message biogaia industry probiotics founded 1990 headquarters stockholm sweden area served worldwide key people peter rothschild president products biogaia protectis drops biogaia protectis tablets biogaia protectis d3 drops biogaia protectis ors biogaia prodentis lozenges website http www.biogaia.com biogaia is a swedish biotechnology company that develops markets and sells a range of products with probiotics with documented health benefits . dubious discuss 1 2 3 the company owns several commercially important strains and a large number of different patents for commercial usage of lactobacillus reuteri . biogaia gut and immune health products contain l. reuteri protectis dsm 17938 one of the human l. reuteri strains . biogaia probiotics for oral health contain l. reuteri prodentis which is a blend of two l. reuteri strains dsm 17938 and atcc pta 5289 . citation needed products containing l. reuteri have been proven to be both effective and safe in several areas ; dubious discuss infant colic 4 5 diarrhoea prevention and mitigation in children 6 7 eradication of h. pylori infection and reduction of side effects from standard h. pylori treatment 8 9 10 amelioration of gingivitis 11 12 and general illness prevention in children 13 and adults . 14 the biogaia b share is listed on the nasdaq omx nordic exchange . citation needed history edit biogaia was founded in 1990 . in laboratories all over the world different strains of l. reuteri already existed . however the research director of biogaia dr. ivan casas was looking for a strain for commercial use that could somehow bring proof to the circle of life that he believed in so strongly . citation needed he believed that there were more than one reason why newborn chickens were picking up and eating the faeces from their mothers and that this had to do with transfer of important microorganisms from the mother to the sterile newborn bird . he was sure that the same situation was true for humans . 15 it is generally accepted that newborn babies are sterile at birth and very sensitive to bad bacteria before they establish a microbial flora of their own . 16 this flora should preferably come from their mother . ivan was quite sure about that lactobacillus reuteri was one of these bacteria that the mother should transfer to her offspring whether a chicken a human baby or any other mammal . ivan analysed breast milk from many mothers in the usa where he lived and also from south american mothers in lima peru without finding any l. reuteri . however he was still convinced that l. reuteri should be found in breast milk if mother nature was to decide . 17 ivan had family in peru and whilst he was there for vacation he took some days to travel to the andes and visit several indian villages . he then went to the university laboratory in lima and presented some samples of breast milk . they all contained numerous strains of l. reuteri which were subsequently isolated . 18 one of these strains is still used in biogaia s probiotic products all over the world . citation needed references edit reid g 1999 . the scientific basis for probiotic strains of lactobacillus . applied and environmental microbiology . 65 9 3763 6 . pmc 99697 . pmid 10473372 . klein k ; 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miniello vl ; castellaneta sp ; magist am ; de canio a ; maurogiovanni g ; ierardi e ; cavallo l ; francavilla r 2006 . lactobacillus reuteri therapy to reduce side effects during anti helicobacter pylori treatment in children a randomized placebo controlled trial . alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics . 24 10 1461 8 . doi 10.1111 j. 1365 2036.2006.03145.x . pmid 17032283 . unreliable medical source imase k ; tanaka a ; tokunaga k ; sugano h ; ishida h ; takahashi s 2007 . lactobacillus reuteri tablets suppress helicobacter pylori infection a double blind randomised placebo controlled cross over clinical study . kansenshogaku zasshi . 81 4 387 93 . pmid 17695792 . vivekananda mr ; vandana kl ; bhat kg 2010 . effect of the probiotic lactobacilli reuteri prodentis in the management of periodontal disease a preliminary randomized clinical trial . journal of oral microbiology . 2 . doi 10.3402 jom.v2i0 .5344 . pmc 3084569 . pmid 21523225 . unreliable medical source krasse p ; carlsson b ; 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chierici r ; guerrini p ; vigi v 2003 . intestinal microflora in early infancy composition and development . acta paediatrica . 91 441 48 55 . pmid 14599042 . unreliable medical source sinkiewicz gabriela ; ljunggren lennart 2008 . occurrence oflactobacillus reuteriin human breast milk . microbial ecology in health and disease . 20 3 122 126 . doi 10.1080 08910600802341007 . unreliable medical source talarico tl ; casas ia ; chung tc ; dobrogosz wj 1988 . production and isolation of reuterin a growth inhibitor produced by lactobacillus reuteri . antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy . 32 12 1854 8 . doi 10.1128 aac .32.12.1854 . pmc 176032 . pmid 3245697 . unreliable medical source external links edit biogaia company website this swedish corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this biotechnology article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title biogaia & oldid 743375992 categories digestive systemcompanies based in stockholmswedish brandsprobioticsbiotechnology companies of sweden1990 establishments in swedencompanies established in 1990companies listed on the stockholm stock exchangeswedish company stubsbiotechnology stubshidden categories all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from december 2011pages with dois inactive since 2015articles with a promotional tone from october 2016all articles with a promotional toneall accuracy disputesarticles with disputed statements from december 2011all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2011all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 11 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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