Fig. 1.
Probiotic attributes of L. rhamnosus (LR). a Acid resistance. b Bile salt tolerance. c Cell surface hydrophobicity. d Antimicrobial activity of LR culture supernatant against varying E. coli inoculum concentration (1 and 1.5 %) and e scanning electron micrograph showing adherence of LR to Caco-2 cells. Values are mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05 represents values which are significantly different from 0 h in a given group