Evaluation of the Antibacterial Activity and Probiotic Potential of Lactobacillus plantarum Isolated from Chinese Homemade Pickles

Table 4

Probiotic properties, hemolytic, and bile salt hydrolase activity of the selected strains.

Strain		GS083	GS086	GS090
Resistance to gastric and pancreatic juices	0 h	9.9 ± 0.06	10.1 ± 0.21	9.9 ± 0.07
	3 h	7.5 ± 0.05	8.5 ± 0.12	8.2 ± 0.06
	24 h	6.8 ± 0.20	6.9 ± 0.04	7.3 ± 0.09
Cell surface hydrophobicity (%)		14.86 ± 1.05^b	21.03 ± 2.01^a	21.88 ± 1.44^a
Autoaggregation (%)		85.20 ± 1.07^a	87.49 ± 3.08^a	88.01 ± 1.40^a
Hemolytic activity		−	−	−
Bile salt hydrolase activity		+	+	+

0 h- viability at the beginning of the assay, 3 h- gastric phase viability after simulation of gastric conditions, 24 h- pancreatic phase viability after simulation of pancreatic condition. a-b: different superscript small letters in the same row denote differences (). +: positive, −: negative.