TABLE 2.

Viable lactobacilli and bifidobacteria diversity in the 66 breast milk samples that were cultured in this study

		Total frequency
Bacterial species	n*	N†	%
Bifidobacterium breve	2	5	7.58
B longum	1	2	3.03
Lactobacillus casei	1	1	1.52
L fermentum	3	7	10.61
L gasseri	3	6	9.09
L gastricus	1	2	3.03
L plantarum	1	1	1.52
L reuteri	1	3	4.55
L rhamnosus	1	1	1.52
L salivarius	7	9	13.64
L. vaginalis	1	2	3.03
B breve + L fermentum	1
B breve + L gasseri	1
B breve + L reuteri	1
L fermentum + L gasseri	1
L fermentum + L salivarius	1
L fermentum + L vaginalis	1
L gasseri + L salivarius	1
B longum + L gastricus + L reuteri	1

^*n = number of samples where a given combination of species was found.

^†N = total number of samples where a given bacterial species was found alone or in combination with others.