and or isolated bacillus coagulans is particularly useful as a composition for cleaning a surface b coagulans is non pathogenic and is generally regarded as safe i e gras classification by the u s federal drug administration fda and the u s department of agriculture usda and by those skilled in the art bacillus coagulans is a non pathogenic gram positive spore forming bacteria that produces l lactic acid dextrorotatory in fermentation conditions it has been isolated from natural sources such as heat treated soil samples inoculated into nutrient medium bergey 39 s manual off systemic bacteriology vol 2 sneath p h a et al eds williams amp wilkins baltimore md 1986 purified b coagulans strains have served as a source of enzymes including endonucleases e g u s pat no 5 200 336 amylase u s pat no 4 980 180 lactase u s pat no 4 323 651 and cyclo malto dextrin glucano transferase u s pat no 5 102 800 b coagulans has been used to produce lactic acid u s pat no 5 079 164 a strain of b coagulans referred to as l sporogenes sakaguti amp nakayama atcc 31284 has been combined with other lactic acid producing bacteria and b natto to produce a fermented food product from steamed soybeans u s pat no 4 110 477 bacterial species include bacillus coagulans e g bacillus coagulans hammer preferably bacillus coagulans hammer strain accession no atcc 31284 or one or more strains derived from bacillus coagulans hammer strain accession.