Table 1. Tolerance to pepsin and bile salts of lactic acid bacteria used in this study

Species	Strain	Pepsin			Bile salts
		Control	Treatment	Percent	Control	Treatment	Percent
		(Log CFU/mL)	(Log CFU/mL)	Survival (%)	(Log CFU/mL)	(Log CFU/mL)	Survival (%)
Leuconostoc mesenteroides	LM	8.2	7.8	94.4	8.8	8.0	91.3
Lactobacillus plantarum	LP	10.4	8.0	77.5	9.2	8.5	92.5
Bifidobacterium longum	BL	8.7	7.5	86.2	8.9	7.6	85.4
Bifidobacterium breve	BB	8.5	7.3	85.6	9.5	8.0	84.5
Lactobacillus sakei	LF2	8.8	8.5	96.9	9.3	8.0	85.8
Lactobacillus reuteri	1052R	8.7	7.9	91.7	9.3	8.2	88.0
	118R	8.4	7.0	82.8	9.4	8.0	85.5
	1068R	8.7	8.3	95.6	9.4	7.7	82.2
Lactobacillus salivarius	1052S	8.6	8.4	97.4	9.5	7.2	75.6
	1057S	8.8	8.0	91.0	9.4	7.5	80.1
	1081S	8.4	8.4	99.8	9.4	8.3	88.5
Lactobacillus mucosae	702M	8.6	8.5	98.5	9.5	8.0	84.1
Lactobacillus johnsonii	LF1	8.5	8.3	98.2	9.2	7.0	75.9
	118J	8.9	8.7	96.8	10.3	8.8	85.8
	702J	8.8	8.2	93.8	9.4	8.7	92.7
	117J	9.0	8.9	98.6	9.9	8.0	81.5
	1068J	8.4	8.3	98.4	10.4	9.2	88.4
	1021J	9.0	8.7	96.8	9.5	8.6	89.8
	1057J	8.8	8.1	93.0	9.4	8.0	85.2
	227J	8.7	8.5	97.5	9.6	8.1	84.8

CFU, colony forming unit.