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. 2002 Sep;68(9):4689–4693. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.9.4689-4693.2002

TABLE 2.

Cholesterol specific uptake during 12 h of anaerobic growth in mMRS broth supplemented with bile acids and 100 mg of cholesterol per litera

Strain Cholesterol uptake (mg of cholesterol g [dry wt])
0.2% oxgall
0.4% oxgall
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
L. brevis NR1C1684 8.6 (0.5) 19 (1) 3.9 (0.6) 1.6 (0.1) 8.0 (0.8) 13.2 (0.7)
L. pentosus (A) 9.4 (0.5) 0.88 (0.05) 0.10 (0.03) 6.9 (0.4) 16.6 (0.9) 15.3 (0.8)
L. plantarum NDV 0.92 (0.07) 6.9 (0.4) 0.02 (0.04) 5.5 (0.3) 11.1 (0.6) 16.4 (0.9)
L. reuteri JCM 1112 0.09 (0.08) 10.6 (0.6) 4.8 (0.3) 10.4 (0.5) 12.5 (0.7) 11.3 (0.6)
L. casei Shirota 5.5 (0.3) 6.0 (0.3) 1.14 (0.07) 8.1 (0.4) 8.7 (0.5) 9.5 (0.5)
L. casei 2.9 (0.2) 3.7 (0.2) 0.40 (0.05) 14.1 (0.7) 3.0 (0.2) 8.5 (0.4)
L. acidophilus johnsonii 3.0 (0.2) 0.22 (0.02) 1.47 (0.08) 3.3 (0.2) 0.94 (0.3) 11.7 (0.6)
L. delbrueckii JCM 1002 4.9 (0.3) 3.8 (0.2) 6.7 (0.4) 13.7 (0.7) 2.5 (0.2) 13.9 (0.7)
L. fermentum F53 0.39 (0.06) 6.2 (0.3) 0.77 (0.05) 12.9 (0.7) 6.9 (0.4) 8.8 (0.5)
L. fermentum KC5B 8.3 (0.4) 2.4 (0.1) 2.4 (0.1) 14.8 (0.8) 5.3 (0.3) 4.1 (0.2)
S. thermophilus DSM 20617 3.7 (0.1) ND ND 6.1 (0.2) ND ND
S. bovis ATCC 43143 2.47 (0.09) 6.4 (0.2) 1.55 (0.07) 6.6 (0.2) 6.7 (0.2) 20.0 (0.7)
L. pentosus (B) 2.4 (0.1) 10.5 (0.6) 2.6 (0.2) 6.5 (0.3) 22 (1) 26 (1)
L. reuteri DSM 20016T 2.1 (0.1) 0.84 (0.07) 0.64 (0.05) 5.2 (0.3) 23 (1) 10.7 (0.6)
E. durans DSM 20633 6.2 (0.4) 0.66 (0.07) 0.45 (0.05) 4.8 (0.3) 26 (1) 19 (1)
E. gallinarum 7.1 (0.4) 0.30 (0.09) 0.28 (0.07) 8.3 (0.5) 27 (1) 19 (1)
E. faecalis 6.5 (0.4) 5.3 (0.3) 3.6 (0.2) 1.50 (0.09) 30 (1) 26 (2)
B. infantis ATCC 15697 1.31 (0.05) 3.9 (0.1) 4.7 (0.2) 9.6 (0.3) 7.3 (0.3) 4.3 (0.2)
B. infantis D86184 4.3 (0.4) 2.0 (0.2) 6.1 (0.3) ND ND ND
a

Results are shown as means (standard deviations) (n = 3). L. crispatus ATCC 33820 and E. durans ATCC 59607 did not grow in the test media used. ND, no growth observed.