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B. coagulans forms an endospore — a metabolically dormant protective shell that makes it resistant to heat, acid, pressure, and desiccation. Upon reaching the small intestine, bile salts trigger spore germination into active vegetative cells that: (1) produce L-lactic acid (lowers intestinal pH, inhibiting pathogen growth); (2) produce bacteriocins (antimicrobial peptides against pathogens); (3) compete with pathogens for adhesion sites on intestinal epithelium; (4) stimulate immune cells (dendritic cells, T-cells) in gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT). Unlike Lactobacillus, B. coagulans doesn't need to survive the stomach — it's already evolved to pass through as a spore and germinate where it matters.
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