Lactic Acid Bacteria Enriched from Human Gastric Biopsies
Table 1
The CFU counts recovered from the gastric biopsies.
Patient number
Enrichment conditions
log CFU mLā1 mediuma
Site of the biopsy
Cardia
Antrum
Pylorus
Plate count agar
MRS agar
Wilkins Chalgren agar
Plate count agar
MRS agar
Wilkins Chalgren agar
Plate count agar
MRS agar
Wilkins Chalgren agar
1
Anaerobic
8.9
9.0
8.0
8.5
8.7
8.1
8.5
8.7
8.0
2
Anaerobic
8.3
8.1
7.0
<5.0
5.3
<5.0
<5.0
<5.0
<5.0
3
Anaerobic
8.2
8.3
<5.0
<1.0
<1.0
<1.0
<1.0
<1.0
<1.0
4
Anaerobic
9.2
8.3
5.9
8.9
7.5
<5.0
<1.0
<1.0
<1.0
5
Microaerophilic
8.0
8.4
7.6
8.2
8.3
6.6
8.2
8.2
6.6
6
Microaerophilic
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.4
8.1
7.1
8.5
8.5
8.1
7
Microaerophilic
8.5
8.0
8.5
8.4
8.3
8.3
7.8
8.5
8.4
8
Microaerophilic
8.6
8.8
4.7
8.5
8.6
5.3
8.5
8.5
6.9
9
Microaerophilic
8.1
8.1
8.1
<1.0
5.8
<1.0
8.3
8.1
5.8
10
Microaerophilic
8.6
8.1
8.0
7.8
8.0
5.7
8.4
8.4
6.6
11
Microaerophilic
6.1
6.0
<5.0
8.1
8.5
6.4
8.0
7.6
<5.0
12b
Microaerophilic
9.3
8.6
ndc
8.3
8.3
nd
7.9
8.0
nd
13b
Microaerophilic
<2.0
6.2
nd
6.6
6.6
nt
6.3
6.4
nd
a< in front of the log means values below the detection limit in the particular experiment.
bThe plating and incubation of these samples were done in aerobic conditions.
cnd = not done.
