Table 1. The summary of the specific characteristics of the selected LAB strains

LAB strain	Growth under unfavorable condition					Inhibition zone against pathogenic strain (mm)				Hydro-phobicity (%)	Auto-aggregation (%)	Co-aggregation (%)
	pH		% (w/v) bile salt
	3.5	4.5	0.15%	0.3 %	1 %	Escherichia coli	Salmonella Typhimu-rium	Staphylo-coccus aureus	Bacillus cereus			E. coli	S. Typhimu-rium	S. aureus	Bacillus subtilis
FB1	+	+	++	++	+	-	-	13±0.15	-	1.03±1.5	80.76±0.08	76.16±0.15	72.73±0.11	75.86±0.20	78.75±0.22
FB2	+	++	++	+	+	13.42±0.1	13.42±0.13	-	14±0.11	56.66±0.2	79.73±0.12	79.73±0.10	77.22±0.15	76.68±0.12	81.50±0.2
Pom1	+	++	+++	+	+	13±0.15	-	15±0.06	14±0.13	88.91±1.2	58.34±0.10	68.33±0.17	60.39±0.25	71.21±0.45	72.52±0.25
Pom2	+	+	+++	++	+	13±0.1	-	13±0.02	14±0.12	88.45±1.5	52.34±0.50	69.08±0.14	61.61±0.20	71.58±0.23	72.53±0.14
Pom4	+	++	+++	+++	+++	10.88±0.12	9.62±0.13	9.80±0.1	8.40±0.1	15.59±0.09	68.14±0.05	75.97±0.10	58.45±0.2	72.48±0.4	75.17±0.1
Pom5	+	++	+	+	++	10.43±0.10	13.05±0.12	11.95±0.2	15±0.12	32.27±0.16	70.31±0.04	77.64±0.14	51.55±0.3	73.16±0.2	76.22±0.12
Pom9	+	++	+	+	+	-	11±0.13	15±0.1	14±0.13	34.25±0.3	57.91±0.20	66.88±0.17	60.42±0.37	70.50±0.41	72.67±0.25
Chi3	+	+	++	+	+	12±0.1	-	-	12±0.14	1.01±0.4	81.75±0.14	68.55±0.12	64.24±0.18	71.74±0.36	72.94±0.21
Chi4	+	+	++	++	+	12±0.12	-	-	-	22.13±0.1	64.11±0.16	69.78±0.23	62.11±0.38	71.19±0.22	72.42±0.33
Chi5	+	++	+++	+++	+++	13±0.14	-	-	12±0.11	0.37±1.0	66.04±0.17	67.75±0.14	57.90±0.34	68.60±0.77	72.27±0.68
Chi6	+	+	++	+	+	-	-	-	-	0.42±1.0	64.27±0.10	71.41±0.33	63.29±0.22	72.13±0.66	72.81±0.55
Chi7	+	+	+++	+++	+++	14±0.11	-	-	15±0.1	1.72±1.2	76.35±0.21	69.18±0.32	59.04±0.23	69.52±0.27	72.63±0.77
Chi8	+	++	+++	+++	+++	12.79±0.1	13.42±0.12	13±0.14	14±0.2	22.91±0.12	57.40±0.15	52.73±0.11	51.55±0.09	79.17±0.3	72.52±0.21
MD1	+	+	++	++	+	12±0.15	-	12±0.11	-	5.84±1.1	71.57±0.16	64.82±0.25	53.79±0.41	66.73±0.55	67.13±0.41
MD2	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	14±0.2	8.05±0.3	31.68±0.41	62.50±0.45	48.49±0.56	64.21±0.47	65.59±0.17
MD3	+	++	+	+	+	-	-	-	13±0.3	0.04±0.4	27.34±0.15	62.69±0.25	51.85±0.74	65.79±0.36	66.43±0.28
MD12	+	++	+	+	+	-	-	15±0.13	-	0.31±0.4	60.38±0.23	66.24±0.29	57.67±0.05	68.16±0.24	70.48±0.09
MD13	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	63.89±1.0	58.99±0.20	66.19±0.41	57.36±0.10	69.57±0.61	69.54±0.14
Shi1	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	12±0.2	12±0.3	0.64±1.5	63.78±0.19	61.52±0.39	51.19±0.36	65.29±0.57	69.93±0.14
PD3	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	5.57±1.4	48.21±0.21	64.53±0.36	55.19±0.25	67.63±0.23	69.36±0.09

LAB, lactic acid bacteria.