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Table 2.

Bile salt tolerance of LAB strains.

Species	Strain number	Initial counts (log cfu/mL)	Survival after 4 h in the presence of 0.3% (w/v) bile salt (oxgall)
Species	Strain number	Initial counts (log cfu/mL)	(log cfu/mL)	%
L. plantarum	MF213	9.52 ± 0.07	9.44 ± 0.07	99^A
	MF205	8.22 ± 0.10	7.79 ± 0.12	95^B
	MF377	8.91 ± 0.00	8.41 ± 0.02	94^B
	MF239	7.68 ± 0.10	6.59 ± 0.16	86^C
	MF143	8.14 ± 0.07	6.84 ± 0.09	84^CD
	MF305	9.32 ± 0.07	7.51 ± 0.09	81^DE
	MF169	8.45 ± 0.16	6.69 ± 0.30	79^EF
	MF178	9.45 ± 0.04	7.17 ± 0.02	76^F
	MF265	9.62 ± 0.06	7.30 ± 0.05	76^F
	MF33	9.35 ± 0.03	6.46 ± 0.12	69^G
	MF548	9.60 ± 0.00	6.43 ± 0.07	67^G
	MF4	9.54 ± 0.02	5.23 ± 0.03	55^H
	MF303	9.41 ± 0.03	5.02 ± 0.03	53^H
	MF376	9.73 ± 0.00	4.54 ± 0.05	47^I
	MF380	9.50 ± 0.05	4.37 ± 0.01	46^I
	MF352	8.43 ± 0.05	3.77 ± 0.10	45^I
	MF556	9.50 ± 0.18	4.25 ± 0.07	45^I

L. brevis	MF105	9.06 ± 0.03	8.93 ± 0.18	99^A
	MF314	9.23 ± 0.09	9.18 ± 0.01	99^A
	MF494	9.52 ± 0.08	9.19 ± 0.17	97^AB
	MF493	8.96 ± 0.11	8.50 ± 0.12	95^B
	MF343	9.36 ± 0.15	8.81 ± 0.16	94^B

P. ethanolidurans	MF50	9.63 ± 0.01	<1.00	—
	MF179	9.51 ± 0.04	<1.00	—
	MF180	9.48 ± 0.00	<1.00	—

Values are expressed in mean ± standard error.

^A–IValues with different letters within a column indicate significant differences between LAB strains (p < 0.05).