In Vitro Properties of Potential Probiotic Indigenous Lactic Acid Bacteria Originating from Traditional Pickles

Table 3

Survival of LAB strains in simulated gastric and intestinal conditions.

Species	Strain number	Initial counts; (log cfu/mL)	Survival after 4 h in; the pepsin-pH 2.5 solution		Survival after 6 h in the; pancreatin-bile salt solution (pH 8.0)
			(log cfu/mL)	%	(log cfu/mL)	%
L. plantarum	MF4	8.20 ± 0.02	8.18 ± 0.20	100^A	<1.00	—
	MF213	8.10 ± 0.17	8.08 ± 0.18	100^A	<1.00	—
	MF376	8.32 ± 0.01	8.30 ± 0.05	100^A	<1.00	—
	MF305	8.30 ± 0.15	8.23 ± 0.03	99^A	<1.00	—
	MF352	8.30 ± 0.01	6.78 ± 0.11	82^B	4.11 ± 0.01	50^B
	MF548	8.25 ± 0.02	6.78 ± 0.19	82^B	<1.00	—
	MF143	8.34 ± 0.11	6.60 ± 0.03	79^CD	<1.00	—
	MF239	8.26 ± 0.03	6.54 ± 0.14	79^CD	<1.00	—
	MF265	8.32 ± 0.14	6.48 ± 0.09	78^DE	<1.00	—
	MF303	8.26 ± 0.03	6.30 ± 0.02	76^F	3.30 ± 0.06	40^C
	MF205	8.31 ± 0.04	6.08 ± 0.07	73^G	3.30 ± 0.11	40^C
	MF380	8.22 ± 0.01	6.00 ± 0.01	73^G	3.30 ± 0.07	40^C
	MF556	8.24 ± 0.09	6.00 ± 0.16	73^G	3.48 ± 0.04	42^C
	MF178	8.29 ± 0.15	5.51 ± 0.19	66^H	3.48 ± 0.17	42^C
	MF377	8.30 ± 0.01	5.48 ± 0.05	66^H	5.15 ± 0.02	62^A
	MF169	8.30 ± 0.03	5.43 ± 0.08	65^H	5.16 ± 0.05	62^A
	MF33	8.24 ± 0.05	4.36 ± 0.15	53^I	<1.00	—
L. brevis	MF314	8.34 ± 0.01	8.28 ± 0.04	99^A	3.48 ± 0.16	42^C
	MF494	8.20 ± 0.17	6.54 ± 0.07	80^C	5.18 ± 0.13	63^A
	MF493	8.27 ± 0.13	6.38 ± 0.08	77^EF	<1.00	—
	MF105	8.31 ± 0.02	6.30 ± 0.03	76^F	5.08 ± 0.01	61^A
	MF343	8.29 ± 0.04	<1.00	—	5.07 ± 0.12	61^A
P. ethanolidurans	MF50	8.26 ± 0.06	<1.00	—	<1.00	—
	MF179	8.22 ± 0.11	<1.00	—	<1.00	—
	MF180	8.34 ± 0.09	<1.00	—	<1.00	—

Values are expressed in mean ± standard error.
Values with different letters within a column indicate significant differences between LAB strains ().