Functional Probiotic Assessment and In Vivo Cholesterol-Lowering Efficacy of Weissella sp. Associated with Arid Lands Living-Hosts

Table 3

Percentage of autoaggregation and coaggregation of five selected Weissella strains.

Strains	Autoaggregation; (± SD)	Coaggregation (± SD) with
		Escherichia coli DH5	Salmonella Typhimurium IPT13	Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538
W. confusa F80	72.27±0.55	68.26±0.35	69.24±0.27	59.65±1.18
W. halotolerans F99	64.12±1.81	68.33±1.36	71.70±0.98	50.90±0.91
W. halotolerans FAS23	66.51±1.12	74.00±0.63	81.13±0.11	75.38±0.33
W. halotolerans FAS3	64.61±0.39	80.61±0.49	79.25±0.17	67.08±1.35
W. halotolerans FAS24	52.10±0.64	10.40±1.06	78.81±0.07	15.64±0.23
En. faecium MMRA	54.20±0.42	21.10±1.81	68.35±0.67	46.12±1.53

Each value represents the mean value standard deviation (SD) from three trials. Values are significantly different (P < 0.05).