The use of probiotics in animal feeding could be enhanced by a
preliminaryin vitro screening: antimicrobial activity, survival in the
GIT, adhesion studies and antibiotic susceptibility are among the main
probiotic properties that should be analysed to assess functionality
and safety. The advanced molecular methods, such as microarrays,
will improve the detection of these multiple characteristics, also
allowing the analysis of phenotypic and genetic properties useful for
industrial production