. 2019 Apr 26;20(9):2073. doi: 10.3390/ijms20092073

Table 1.

Acid tolerance, bile tolerance, and adhesion ability of the selected strains.

Hypothesized Pathway	Strain	Acid Tolerance (%)	Bile Tolerance (%)	Adhesion (Bacterial Counts /100 cells)
Greater cholesterol removal	L. plantarum CAAS 18010	61.6 ± 2.2 ^b	NG	282 ± 30 ^a
	L. plantarum CAAS 18021	33.6 ± 4.1 ^f	83.6 ± 5.5 ^a	281 ± 19 ^a
	L. brevis CAAS 18035	66.3 ± 2.0 ^ab	41.5 ± 3.8 ^h	251 ± 10 ^ab
	L. brevis CAAS 18041	65.9 ± 3.7 ^ab	81.9 ± 5.6 ^ab	228± 34 ^bc
	L. brevis CAAS 18052	65.2 ± 3.9 ^ab	75.8 ± 2.8 ^bc	224 ± 23 ^bc
	L. fermentum CAAS 18066	22.5 ± 1.0 ^h	54.6 ± 4.1 ^g	213± 28 ^bc
	L. fermentum CAAS 18069	55.5 ± 3.2 ^c	NG	107 ± 19 ^e
	L. fermentum CAAS 18074	21.7 ± 3.0 ^h	76.0 ± 5.1 ^bc	241 ± 26 ^ab
NPC1L1 protein down-regulation	L. fermentum CAAS 18062	30.8 ± 2.4 ^fg	75.5 ± 4.2 ^bc	245 ± 27 ^ab
	L. fermentum CAAS 18067	49.9 ± 3.8 ^cd	54.6 ± 3.6 ^g	106 ± 19 ^e
	L. fermentum CAAS 18070	63.4± 2.9 ^ab	NG	151 ± 23 ^d
	L. fermentum CAAS 18078	61.2 ± 3.4 ^b	65.8 ± 2.3 ^de	240 ± 22 ^abc
Greater bile salt deconjugation	L. plantarum CAAS 18004	61.5 ± 3.4 ^b	NG	205 ± 26 ^bc
	L. plantarum CAAS 18008	68.5 ± 3.0 ^a	75.7 ± 4.2 ^bc	241± 14 ^ab
	L. plantarum CAAS 18017	55.5 ± 4.3 ^c	80.7 ± 4.7 ^ab	93 ± 20 ^e
	L. plantarum CAAS 18025	40.2 ± 3.0 ^e	63.5 ± 4.2 ^ef	101 ± 24 ^e
	L. brevis CAAS 18038	27.0 ± 2.6 ^gh	71.8 ± 2.9 ^cd	207± 29 ^bc
	L. brevis CAAS 18044	63.9 ± 3.9 ^ab	74.8 ± 4.3 ^bc	194 ± 34 ^c
	E. faecium CAAS 18083	45.5 ± 3.3 ^de	57.5 ± 1.7 ^fg	121 ± 26 ^de

^a–g Means in the same column not sharing a common superscript letter differed significantly (p < 0.05). A NG sign indicates that the strains did not grow in the presence of 0.3% oxgall.