Table 3. Survival of lactic acid bacteria in artificial gastric acid

Strains	Viable cell counts (CFU/mL)
	pH 7.0 (control)	pH 3.0	pH 2.0	pH 1.5
LA-5	3.01×109±0.1×109	1.68×108±0.21×108	4.12×107±0.08×107	9.61×104±0.06×104
V4	2.70×109±0.02×109	6.56×108±0.08×108	8.53×106±0.06×106	6.52×105±0.26×105
V7	2.30×109±0.3×109	2.56×107±0.12×107	1.23×106±0.13×106	7.78×104±0.14×104
V8	3.90×109±0.06×109	2.72×108±0.24×108	1.23×107±0.32×107	7.78×105±0.04×105
V10	6.67×1010±0.04×1010	2.64×109±0.06×109	3.89×107±0.04×107	1.22×105±0.08×105
V11	2.24×109±0.02×109	8.51×108±0.4×108	2.53×106±0.08×106	2.41×105±0.4×105
V12	4.21×108±0.12×108	5.02×106±0.31×106	8.26×106±0.23×106	2.56×105±0.31×105

All value were mean of triplicates.
All samples incubated at 37°C for 2 h in broth containing 0.3% pepsin.
LA-5: Lactobacillus acidophilus (commercial strain); V4: Ligilactobacillus salivarius; V7, 10, 11, 12: Lactiplantibacillus plantarum; V8: Limosilactobacillus fermentum.