Table 1.

Physiological stress tolerance test results (24 h incubation) for curd lactobacilli.

Lactobacilli Strains	NaCl (%)			pH			Bile Salt (%)
	2	4	6.5	2	3	4	0.125	0.25	0.5
L. animalis LMEM6	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
L. plantarum LMEM7	+	+	w	−	w	+	+	+	−
L. acidophilus LMEM8	+	+	w	−	w	+	+	+	W
L. rhamnosus LMEM9	+	+	+	w	w	+	+	+	+

“+”: resistant/tolerant; “−”: sensitive/non-tolerant; “w”: weakly tolerant.