Table 1. Acid and bile salt tolerance of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains

Strains	Artificial acid tolerance			Bile salt tolerance
Strains	Intial (Log CFU/mL)	3 h (Log CFU/mL)	Survival rate (%)	Intial (Log CFU/mL)	3 h (Log CFU/mL)	Survival rate (%)
L. plantarum SY46	8.53±0.18^a	7.10±0.30^a	83.20±1.01^b	8.53±0.18^a	7.40±0.17^a	86.80±0.80^b
L. brevis SY65	8.44±0.20^a	7.16±0.35^a	84.94±0.90^b	8.44±0.20^a	7.27±0.32^a	86.19±0.82^b
L. rhamnosus GG	9.06±0.00^b	7.23±0.82^a	79.80±1.29^a	9.06±0.00^b	7.26±0.54^a	80.08±1.28^a

Data are expressed as mean±standard deviation.
Values with different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different (p<0.05).