TABLE 4.
Bile and acid tolerance of L. plantarum isolates DHCU70 and DKP1.
| Treatments and strains | Hour (x 107 cfu/ml) |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | |
| Bile tolerance: | |||||
| DHCU70 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 (100%)a | 2.7 |
| DKP1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 (100%)a | 2.5 |
| Acid tolerance: | |||||
| DHCU70 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 (71%)a | 2.9 |
| DKP1 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 (65%)a | 1.9 |
aPercentage (%) survival.