Probiotic Potential of Lactobacillus Strains with Antimicrobial Activity against Some Human Pathogenic Strains

Table 3

Growth of Lactobacillus strains in MRS broth (control) and MRS broth containing 0.3% bile salt.

Lactobacillus strain	Cell viability (logCFU/mL)^1		Reduction (−)/increase (+) in cell viability (log units)^1
	MRS	MRS + 0.3% bile salt
L. casei Shirota*	8.75±0.13	8.71±0.12	−0.04^a
L. acidophilus HM1	7.40±0.31	7.41±0.31	+0.01^a
L. fermentum HM2	8.73±0.03	8.04±0.04	−0.69^cd
L. fermentum HM3	8.85±0.01	8.17±0.05	−0.68^cd
L. buchneri FG1	7.59±0.05	7.56±0.07	−0.03^a
L. buchneri FD1	7.53±0.05	7.55±0.09	+0.02^a
L. buchneri FD2	7.63±0.05	7.62±0.11	−0.01^a
L. casei BF1	8.25±0.02	7.49±0.07	−0.76^d
L. casei BF2	8.16±0.16	7.71±0.06	−0.45^b
L. casei BF3	8.08±0.16	7.52±0.08	−0.56^bc

1Values are means ± SD of two independent experiments, each with triplicate.
a--dMeans within a column with different superscripts are significantly different (𝑃<0.05).
*Reference strain.