TABLE 6.
Genetic features of selected kefir isolates.
| No. | Kefir isolate species | Strain | AMR genes | Virulence genes | Plasmids | Bacteriocin genes | Toxin synthesis genes | BA synthesis genes | Vitamin synthesis genes | GABA syn-thesis genes |
| 1 | Kef-w1 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin | Absent | |
| 2 | Kef-w2 | Absent | Absent | CP-005948 | 0 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin | Absent | |
| 3 | Liquorilactobacillus satsumensis | Kef-w11 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin | Absent |
| 4 | Kef-w13 | Absent | Absent | CP-005948 | 1 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin | Absent | |
| 5 | Kef-w18 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin | Absent | |
| 6 | Lactobacillus helveticus | Kef-m4 | Absent | Absent | CP-002655, CP-002654 | 5 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin | Absent |
| 7 | Lacticaseibacillus paracasei | Kef-w7 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 2 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin | Absent |
| 8 | Kef-w14 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 4 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin | Absent | |
| 9 | Kef-w17 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 2 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin | Absent | |
| 10 | Kef-w19 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 2 | Hemolysin III protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin | Absent | |
| 11 | Lentilactobacillus hilgardii | Kef-w8 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 | Hemolysin III protein | Agmatine deiminase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin, Pyridoxal | Present |
| 12 | Kef-w9 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 | Hemolysin III protein | Agmatine deiminase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin, Pyridoxal | Present | |
| 13 | Kef-w10 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 | Hemolysin III protein | Agmatine deiminase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin, Pyridoxal | Present | |
| 14 | Lentilactobacillus kefiri | Kef-m15 | Absent | Absent | CP-002654 | 0 | Hemolysin III protein | Agmatine deiminase | Riboflavin | Absent |
| 15 | Liquorilactobacillus nagelii | Kef-w21 | Absent | Absent | Absent | 0 | Hemolysin III protein, LPS protein | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin | Absent |
| 16 | Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus | LGG | Absent | Absent | Absent | 1 | Absent | Ornithine decarb-oxylase | Riboflavin, Cobalamin | Absent |