Table 1.

Characterization of Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria

Strain	Taxonomy	Resistance against a		Antimicrobial activityb	Adhesion to IECc
		Acids (pH 2.5)	Bile salts (0.3 %)
BM36301	L. reuteri	50.2 %	53.4 %	+	5.5 ± 0.4
BM36304	L. reuteri	83.5 %	89.4 %	++	7.4 ± 0.8
BM33601	L. gasseri	98.5 %	72.6 %	±	1.7 ± 0.2
BM10307	B. animalis subsp. lactis	43.0 %	47.3 %	+	0.3 ± 0.05

^aThe survival rate was calculated by comparing the colony forming unit (CFU) of treated culture with that of untreated control. A representative data from more than three independent experiments is shown

^bClear zonal inhibition of the growth of the tester strain was measured from the edge of the spot (see Methods) and expressed as; ± (less than 0.5 mm inhibitory zone), + (0.5 ~ 1.0 mm), or ++ (1.0 ~ 3.0 mm)

^cAverage bacterial count per HT-29 cells is listed with standard deviation (± SD)