Looking for a particular kefir probiotic?
Herwith a list of probiotics commonly found in milk kefir:
Bacteria
Species Lactobacillus
Lb. acidophilus
Lb. brevis [Possibly now Lb. kefiri]
Lb. casei subsp. casei
Lb. casei subsp. rhamnosus
Lb. paracasei subsp. paracasei
Lb. fermentum
Lb. cellobiosus
Lb. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus
Lb. delbrueckii subsp. lactis
Lb. fructivorans
Lb. helveticus subsp. lactis
Lb. hilgardii
Lb. helveticus
Lb. kefiri
Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum
Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefiranofaciens
Lb. parakefiri
Lb. plantarum
Species Streptococcus
St. thermophilus
St. paracitrovorus
Species Lactococcus
Lc. lactis subsp. lactis
Lc. lactis subsp. lactis biovar. diacetylactis
Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris
Species Enterococcus
Ent. durans
Species Leuconostoc
Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. cremoris
Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides
Leuc. dextranicum
Yeasts
Dekkera anomala / Brettanomyces anomalus
Kluyveromyces marxianus / Candida kefyr
Pichia fermentans / C. firmetaria
Yarrowia lipolytica / C. lipolytica
Debaryomyces hansenii / C. famata
Deb. [Schwanniomyces] occidentalis
Issatchenkia orientalis / C. krusei
Galactomyces geotrichum / Geotrichum candidum
C. friedrichii
C. rancens
C. tenuis
C. humilis
C. inconspicua
C. maris
Cryptococcus humicolus
Kluyveromyces lactis var. lactis
Kluyv. bulgaricus
Kluyv. lodderae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sacc. subsp. torulopsis holmii
Sacc. pastorianus
Sacc. humaticus
Sacc. unisporus
Sacc. exiguus
Sacc. turicensis sp. nov
Torulaspora delbrueckii
Zygosaccharomyces rouxii
Acetobacter
Acetobacter aceti
Acetobacter rasens
A study of goats milk kefir at a university in Florida revealed 10 billion colony forming units per milliliter (roughly 50 billion colony forming units per teaspoon or 150 billion colony forming units per tablespoon) – View article here: Surprising Probiotic Count Of Kefir Revealed.
Sources:
Analysis of the microflora in Tibetan kefir grains using denaturing gradient
gel electrophoresis – http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740002009000987
Microbiota of kefir grains – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279620442_Microbiota_of_kefir_grains
Microbiological study of lactic acid bacteria in kefir grains by culture-dependent and culture-independent methods http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740002008000208
Characterisation of the microbial population at different stages of Kefir production and Kefir grain mass cultivation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958694604002134
Microbiological Exploration of Different Types of Kefir Grains https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311881947_Microbiological_Exploration_of_Different_Types_of_Kefir_Grains