TABLE 2.

Screening of various lactobacilli for β-glucuronidase activity

Strain	β-Glucuronidase activitya
L. acidophilus ATCC 4356	−
L. acidophilus NCFM	−
L. casei ATCC 393	−
L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus 1489	−
L. gasseri ADH	+
L. gasseri ATCC 33323	−
L. gasseri NCK 1338	−
L. gasseri NCK 1340	−
L. gasseri NCK 1341	−
L. gasseri NCK 1342	−
L. gasseri NCK 1343	+
L. gasseri NCK 1344	+
L. gasseri NCK 1345	+
L. gasseri NCK 1346	−
L. gasseri NCK 1347	+
L. gasseri NCK 1348	+
L. gasseri NCK 1349	+
L. helveticus CNRZ 32	−
L. johnsonii VPI 11088	−
L. plantarum 299v	−
L. reuteri DSM 20016	−
L. rhamnosus GG	−

^aAs determined by the ability (+) or inability (−) of cells to hydrolyze X-glu in MRS media.