TABLE 3.

Effect of bile acids on the growth rate of strains in mMRS broth^a

Strain	Growth rate (h−1) with oxgall concn (% [wt/vol]):
	0	0.2	0.4
E. durans DSM 20633	1.2 (0.2)bdf, x	1.4 (0.2)b, x	1.5 (0.4)b, x
L. acidophilus johnsonii	0.8 (0.2)ab, x	1.0 (0.3)bce, x	1.0 (0.4)ab, x
L. plantarum NDV	0.64 (0.03)ac, x	0.8 (0.1)acde, x	0.70 (0.03)ac, x
E. durans ATCC 59607	1.2 (0.2)bdf, x	1.4 (0.4)be, x	1.2 (0.5)bce, x
E. faecalis	1.3 (0.2)bd, x	1.3 (0.1)bd, x	1.3 (0.3)bc, x
S. thermophilus DSM 20617	0.7 (0.3)ace, x	0.7 (0.1)ac, x	0.71 (0.06)ac, x
L. casei	0.50 (0.03)ac, x	0.45 (0.03)ac, x	0.5 (0.1)a, x
S. bovis ATCC 43143	1.5 (0.1)d, x	1.6 (0.1)b, x	1.5 (0.2)bd, x
L. brevis NR1C1684	0.45 (0.02)a, x	0.39 (0.05)a, x	0.42 (0.07)a, x
L. pentosus (B)	0.75 (0.07)aef, x	0.7 (0.1)ac, x	0.7 (0.1)ac, x
L. reuteri DSM 20016T	0.75 (0.06)aef, x	0.69 (0.05)acd, x	0.66 (0.01)ac, x
L. reuteri JCM 1112	0.9 (0.2)bcf, x	0.8 (0.1)acde, x	0.80 (0.07)acd, x
L. pentosus (A)	0.64 (0.03)ac, x	0.62 (0.08)ac, x	0.53 (0.09)a, x
L. casei Shirota	0.54 (0.02)ac, x	0.40 (0.02)ae, y	0.41 (0.02) a, y
L. fermentum F53	0.6 (0.2)ac, x	0.4 (0.1)ac, x	0.48 (0.06)a, x
L. fermentum KC5b	0.81 (0.09)aef, x	0.5 (0.3)ac, x	0.6 (0.2)ac, x
L. delbrueckii JCM 1002	0.82 (0.09)ab, x	0.5 (0.3)ac, x	0.63 (0.07)ae, x
E. gallinarum	1.14 (0.04)bde, x	1.0 (0.1)bc, x	0.89 (0.09)ab, x
B. infantis ATCC 15697	1.4 (0.2)d, x	1.3 (0.2)bd, x	0.98 (0.03)ab, y
L. crispatus ATCC 33820	0.42 (0.07)a	ND	ND

^aResults are shown as means (standard deviations) (n = 3). Means in the same column with different letters (a to f) differ (P < 0.05). Means in the same row with different letters (x and y) differ (P < 0.05). Cultures were incubated anaerobically at 37°C for 12 h. ND, no growth observed.