Table 1.

Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) isolates used in this study

Species	Strain	Internal code	Source	Reference	Donor/Culture collection
Enterococcus faecalis	NCTC 8213	EF	Human babies’ faeces	25	Surrey Culture Collection
Lactobacillus casei	I-1518	LC	Probiotic Drink	26	CNCM
Lactobacillus kunkeei	O29	LK	Bee pollen	This study
Lactobacillus plantarum	WCFS-1	LP	Human saliva	27	Prof M Kleerebezem, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Lactobacillus sakei	Lb790	LS1	Meat	28	Dr L Axelsson, Nofima AS, Norway
Lactobacillus sakei	L45	LS2	Norwegian fermented dried sausage	29	Prof I Ness, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Lactococcus lactis	BBS4	LL1	Spanish fermented dried sausage	30	Prof PE Hernandez Cruza, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Lactococcus lactis	IO-1	LL2	Kitchen sink water	31	Prof H Yoshikawa, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Pediococcus acidilactici	PAC1.0	PA1	Fermented food	32	Prof J Kok, Groningen University, the Netherlands
Pediococcus acidilactici	E1	PA2	Raw honey	This study
Pediococcus pentosaceus	NCTC 990	PP	Dried beer yeast	33	Surrey Culture Collection
Streptococcus thermophilus	I-1613	ST	Yogurt	34	CNCM