Table 2 Overall characteristics of clinical Lactobacillus isolates, commercial probiotics and reference strains.

From: Antimicrobial and inflammatory properties of South African clinical Lactobacillus isolates and vaginal probiotics

Isolate

Growth rate

Culture pH

Adhesion

Hydrogen peroxide

L-lactate

D-lactate

Inflammatory response

Sum

LJ 5

3

2

3

2

3

2

3

18

LM 2

2

1

3

3

2

1

3

15

LJ 4

1

3

2

3

3

0

3

15

LJ 1

3

3

3

3

0

2

0

14

LC 7

3

3

1

3

0

2

1

13

LA capsule

2

3

1

2

2

2

1

13

LC 6

3

3

2

1

2

0

2

13

LV 3

3

0

1

0

2

3

3

12

LJ 6*

0

2

0

3

3

3

1

12

LA tablet

3

2

3

1

0

3

0

12

LV 2

2

0

2

0

2

3

2

11

LG 2*

0

2

2

2

3

2

0

11

LJ 3

0

2

0

2

3

3

1

11

LJ 2

1

0

3

2

3

1

0

10

LM 4

2

1

2

3

0

2

0

10

LV 5

1

0

1

1

3

3

0

9

LM 1

1

1

2

2

0

2

1

9

LC 4

1

2

3

0

0

1

2

9

LC 1

3

3

3

0

0

0

0

9

LCR

3

3

1

0

0

1

1

9

LM 3

1

1

1

3

0

0

2

8

LC 5

0

1

2

2

0

0

3

8

LC 8*

2

2

0

1

0

1

2

8

LC 3

0

2

2

0

2

1

1

8

LV 4

1

0

1

0

0

3

2

7

LV 1

1

1

0

0

2

1

2

7

LC 2

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

6

LV 6

0

0

1

1

0

0

3

5

LG 1

0

1

0

2

0

0

2

5

LC 9*

2

1

0

0

0

1

1

5

  1. LA: Lactobacillus acidophilus; LC: Lactobacillus crispatus; LCR: Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus; LG: Lactobacillus gasseri; LM: Lactobacillus mucosae; LV: Lactobacillus vaginalis; LJ: Lactobacillus jensenii. *ATCC reference strains.