. 2016 Jun 22;11(6):e0157958. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157958

Table 1. Cell viability of probiotic strains after 3 h of exposure to low pH conditions and simulated gastric juice.

Strain	Initial count	low pH conditions		Resistance to gastric juice with 0.3% (w/v) pepsin
Strain		pH 2	pH 3	pH 2	pH 3
Bb12	6.71 ± 0.02^φ^,a	-^γ	6.61 ± 0.05^a	6.21 ± 0.04^b	6.65 ± 0.01^a
BF014	7.14 ± 0.11^a	-	6.86 ± 0.25^ab	6.46 ± 0.05^b	7.08 ± 0.12^a
BF049	7.13 ± 0.03^a	-	6.93 ± 0.02^b	-	1.61 ± 0.02^c
BF052	7.31 ± 0.06^a	-	7.25 ± 0.07^a	6.99 ± 0.02^b	7.26 ± 0.05^a
BH053	7.79 ± 0.06^a	-	7.34 ± 0.18^b	7.19 ± 0.03^b	7.65 ± 0.03^a

^φ Each value represents the mean value (log CFU/mL) ± stand deviation (SD) from three trials. The equal superscript lowercase letters in the same row indicate no significant differences (p>0.05)

^γ No growth.