TABLE 3.

Lactobacilli contained in doughs and their detection by two-step multiplex PCR^a

Dough no.	Starter	First-step reliability	Second-step reliability
1	L. plantarum ATCC 14917T	+	+
	L. pentosus ATCC 8041T	+	+
	L. paraplantarum DSM 10667T	+	+
2	L. farciminis DSM 20184T	+	+
	L. mindensis DSM 14500T	+	+
	L. alimentarius LMG 9187T	+	+
	L. paralimentarius DSM 13238T	+	+
3	L. brevis ATCC 14869T	+	+
	L. hilgardii DSM 20176T	+	+
	L. sanfranciscensis DSM 20451T	+	+
	L. fructivorans DSM 20203T	+	+
4	L. fermentum ATCC 14931T	+	+
	L. pontis DSM 8475T	+	+
	L. panis DSM 6035T	+	+
	L. frumenti DSM 13145T	+	+
5	L. rossii DSM 15814T	+	nn
6	L. plantarum ATCC 14917T	+	−
	L. farciminis DSM 20184T	+	−
	L. sanfranciscensis DSM 20451T	+	−
	L. fermentum ATCC 14931T	+	−
	L. rossii DSM 15814T	+	nn
R	None	+	−

^aSymbols: +, reliable; −, not reliable; nn, not needed.