Table 1.

Lactococcus lactis strains used in the study.

L. lactis strain	Relevant features	Source or references
IBB109	Raw milk isolate	GenBank accession no. CP087600-CP087605
IBB417	Traditional bryndza cheese isolate	GenBank accession no. CP087699-CP087704
IL1403	L. lactis subsp. lactis wild-type strain	Chopin et al., 1984
IL6288	Prophage-free derivative of L. lactis IL1403 strain	Bolotin et al., 2019
TIL448	L. lactis subsp. lactis NCDO2110, isolated from peas	Le et al., 2013
IBB477	L. lactis subsp. cremoris, wild-type strain	Radziwiłł-Bieńkowska et al., 2016