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

Table 4

Cholesterol assimilation and surface hydrophobicity properties of LAB strains.

Species	Strain; number	Cholesterol; assimilation (%)	Surface; hydrophobicity (%)
L. plantarum	MF4	11.72 ± 0.92^DEF	2.39 ± 1.57^M
	MF33	43.57 ± 1.37^B	3.14 ± 1.16^LM
	MF143	47.69 ± 0.37^A	39.62 ± 1.20^G
	MF169	44.26 ± 0.41^B	1.42 ± 1.42^M
	MF178	12.00 ± 2.47^DE	32.7 ± 0.56^H
	MF205	3.85 ± 0.82^I	3.37 ± 1.92^LM
	MF213	1.89 ± 0.87^I	3.18 ± 2.27^LM
	MF239	9.80 ± 1.65^EFG	52.02 ± 0.58^E
	MF265	2.30 ± 1.10^I	82.41 ± 0.59^B
	MF303	9.76 ± 0.78^EFG	0.91 ± 0.27^M
	MF305	14.06 ± 0.69^CD	17.72 ± 0.10^I
	MF352	9.89 ± 0.46^EFG	8.07 ± 0.27^JK
	MF376	4.27 ± 1.05^HI	43.72 ± 0.49^F
	MF377	8.11 ± 0.14^FG	2.01 ± 0.77^M
	MF380	7.33 ± 0.64^GH	0.66 ± 0.22^M
	MF548	1.57 ± 0.37^I	6.25 ± 0.42^KL
	MF556	48.56 ± 1.24^A	9.98 ± 1.60^J
L. brevis	MF105	16.62 ± 2.88^C	97.96 ± 0.10^A
	MF314	1.79 ± 0.14^I	8.53 ± 1.24^JK
	MF343	8.43 ± 0.82^EFG	0.17 ± 0.17^M
	MF493	0.83 ± 0.09^I	62.36 ± 2.59^D
	MF494	1.61 ± 0.05^I	67.29 ± 0.16^C

Values are expressed in mean ± standard error.
Values with different letters within a column indicate significant differences between LAB strains ().
Total cholesterol concentration of the control broth was measured as 45.72 ± 0.46 μg/mL.