TABLE 1.

Origins of the lactobacilli tested in this study

Strain	Origin (reference)	Source
Isolates from Ghanaian fermented maize
L. plantarum Lb1	Cassava, Ghana	M. Halma
L. fermentum Lb6	Maize dough, Ghana	M. Halm
L. fermentum Lb11	Maize dough, Ghana	M. Halm
L. fermentum Lb12	Maize dough, Ghana	M. Halm
L. fermentum Lb18	Maize dough, Ghana	M. Halm
L. fermentum Lb20	Maize dough, Ghana	M. Halm
L. fermentum Lb41	Maize dough, Ghana	M. Halm
L. fermentum Lb43	Maize dough, Ghana	M. Halm
L. fermentum Lb48	Maize dough, Ghana	M. Halm
L. plantarum Lb50	Gari, Ghana	M. Halm
Strains with documented properties
L. johnsonii (acidophilus) LA1	Human (6)	Nestléb
L. crispatus BG2FO4	Human adult feces (11)	Klaenhammerc
L. acidophilus NCFM#2	Human (24)	Klaenhammer
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei DSM 20312	Human (44)	DSMZd
L. rhamnosus 271	Human colon (28)	Molina
L. plantarum 299	Human colon (28)	Molin
L. plantarum 299v	Sourdough (28)	Molin
L. reuteri R2LC	Rat colon (28)	Molin
L. reuteri DSM 12246	Pig feces (19)	El-Zineyf
L. rhamnosus LGG	Human adult feces (23)	Valiog
L. rhamnosus Lc705	Unknown (35)	Wiesbyeh
Human clinical isolates
L. plantarum 22319-21	Feces of healthy Ghanaian	MTi
L. acidophilus 18911-2	Feces of Danish child <1 yr old	MT
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei 19015-6	Feces of Danish child <1 yr old	MT
L. rhamnosus 19020-8	Feces of Danish child <1 yr old	MT
Lactobacillus sp. strain 19020-10	Feces of Danish child <1 yr old	MT
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei 19058-4	Feces of Danish child <1 yr old	MT
L. rhamnosus 19070-2	Feces of Danish child <1 yr old	MT
L. acidophilus 22571-8	Feces of healthy Ghanaian	MT
Dairy strains
L. acidophilus CHCC 2169	Unknown	CHCCj
L. acidophilus CHCC 2168	Unknown	CHCC
L. crispatus CHCC 3692	Unknown	CHCC
L. crispatus CHCC 3577	Unknown	CHCC
L. rhamnosus CHCC 2100	Unknown	CHCC
L. rhamnosus CHCC 2099	Unknown	CHCC
L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CHCC 759	Unknown	CHCC
L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CHCC 2164	Unknown	CHCC
L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis CHCC 2329	Unknown	CHCC
L. helveticus CHCC 627	Unknown	CHCC
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei CHCC 2166	Unknown	CHCC
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei CHCC 3981	Unknown	CHCC
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei CHCC 3982	Unknown	CHCC
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei CHCC 3740	Unknown	CHCC
L. casei CHCC 3136	Unknown	CHCC
L. acidophilus CHCC 3264	Unknown	CHCC
L. casei subsp. alactus CHCC 3137	Unknown	CHCC
L. acidophilus Lb145	Unknown	Wiesbye

^aM. Halm, Food Research Institute, Accra, Ghana. 

^bNestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland. 

^cT. R. Klaenhammer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. 

^dDeutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany. 

^eGöran Molin, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 

^fM. G. El-Ziney, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. 

^gResearch and Development Centre, Valio Ltd., Helsinki, Finland. 

^hWiesbye, Tønder, Denmark. 

ⁱM. Tvede, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

^jChr. Hansen A/S, Hørsholm, Denmark.