Table 2.
Flow of records by search strategy step
| Species | Title/abstract screening step | Article evaluation step (screening for potential relevance) | Article evaluation step (identification of potential safety concerns) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of articles retrieved | |||
| Bacteria (total) | 4,496 | 17 | 13 |
| Bacillus spp. | 1,681 | 6 | 5 |
| Bifidobacterium spp. | 375 | 1 | 1 |
| Carnobacterium divergens | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Corynebacterium glutamicum | 107 | 0 | 0 |
| Gram negatives (a) | 218 (b) | 0 | 0 |
| Lactobacilli | 1,425 | 5 | 5 |
| Lactococcus lactis | 216 | 4 | 1 |
| Leuconostoc spp. | 108 | 1 | 1 |
| Microbacterium imperiale | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oenococcus oeni | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Pasteuria nishizawae | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pediococcus spp. | 186 | 0 | 0 |
| Propionibacterium spp. | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Streptococcus thermophilus | 117 | 0 | 0 |
| Viruses (total) | 231 | 2 | 0 |
| Alphaflexiviridae/ Potyviridae | 117 | 1 | 0 |
| Baculoviridae | 114 | 1 | 0 |
| Yeasts | 1,872 | 42 | 17 |
| Protists | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Algae | 173 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6,791 | 61 | 30 |
| Excluded | 6,730 | 31 | |
(a)
Gluconobacter oxydans/Xanthomonas campestris/Cupriavidus/Komagateibacter.
(b)
Gluconobacter oxydans (34)/Xanthomonas campestris (109)/Cupriavidus (69)/Komagateibacter (6).