TABLE 2.

Species of Lactobacillus isolates from 20 septic patients according to fermentation properties and performance by SDS-PAGE and result of respective H₂O₂ production

Isolatea	Total no. of isolates	Identification	No. of isolates identified by fermentation	SDS-PAGE		No. of isolates positive for H2O2 production
				No. of isolates identified	% Similarityb
L. rhamnosus	18	L. rhamnosus	18	18	84–98	0
1295	1	L. paracasei subsp. paracasei	1	1	87	0
1294	1	L. acidophilus group	1c	1	84, 94d	1
Total	20		20	20		1

^aSee L. rhamnosus strain numbers in Table 1. All isolates are L. rhamnosus except isolates 1294 and 1295. 

^bPercent similarity of the protein pattern with that of the type strain of the species. 

^cL. crispatus according to fermentation pattern. 

^dPercent similarity with L. crispatus^T and L. gasseri^T, respectively.