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. 2017 Mar 14;15(3):e04664. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4664

Table 4.

Flow of records by search strategy

No Search strategy No records identified No duplicate records removed No record screened No full text article evaluated No of articles considered relevant for QPS
Gram‐positive non‐sporulating bacteria
1 Bifidobacterium 939 60 879 70 6
2 Corynebacterium glutamicum 195 7 188 33 2
3 lactobacilli 2,432 171 2,261 105 21
4 Lactococcus lactis 881 46 835 39 17
5 Leuconostoc 160 21 139 26 9
6 Oenococcus 297 41 256 2 0
7 pediococci 815 125 690 11 2
8 Propionibacterium 228 25 203 12 0
9 Streptococcus thermophilus 352 17 335 12 0
Gram‐positive sporulating bacteria
10 Bacillus 4,176 85 4,091 264 40
Gram‐negative bacteria
11 Gluconobacter oxydans 199 19 180 8 0
Yeasts
12 Debaryomyces hansenii 1,428 141 1,287 175 69
13 Kluyveromyces lactis 1,632 62 1,570 89 14
14 Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2,493 72 2,421 117 27
Viruses used for plant protection
15 Baculoviridae 496 4 492 13 7
16 Alphaflexiviridae… 204 6 198 9 6
TOTAL 16,927 902 16,025 985 220