Infant intestinal Enterococcus faecalis down-regulates inflammatory responses in human intestinal cell lines

Table 1 The LAB tested for their anti-inflammatory properties

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB)	Origin	Remark
Bifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC15703	Infant intestine	-
B. brevi ATCC15700	Infant intestine	-
B. dentium scardori & crociani ATCC27534	Dental carries	-
B. longum ATCC15707	Adult intestine	-
Enterococcus faecalis EC1	Infant feces	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
	Age: 1 mo
Enterococcus faecalis EC3	Infant feces	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
	Age: 3 d
Enterococcus faecalis EC15	Infant feces	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
	Age: 3 d
Enterococcus faecalis EC16	Infant feces	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
	Age: 3 d
Other 23 strains of enterococci and lactobacilli	Infant feces	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
	Age: 3 d to 1 mo
Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC4356	Human	-
L. brevis K7	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. brevis T1	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. brevis T6	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. casei ATCC11578	Oral	-
L. casei IS7257	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. casei subsp. casei NCIMB11970	Cheese	-
L. casei Shirota	Human	Commercial probiotic
L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus NCIMB11778	Bulgarian yogurt	Commercial probiotic
L. delbrueckii bulgaricus D1	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. lactis subsp. lactis B4	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. lactis subsp. lactis B9	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. lactis subsp. lactis B12	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. lactis subsp. lactis K5	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. lactis subsp. lactis K6	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. lactis subsp. lactis K7	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. paracasei LP33	Fermented milk	Commercial probiotic
Lactobacillus paracasei Chamyto	Yogurt	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei ATCC11974	Dental carries	-
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei NCIMB8001	-	-
L. rhamnusus NCIMB6375	Oral
L. rhamnusus GG	Human feces	Commercial probiotic
L. rhamnosus NCIMB 8690	-	-
Leuconostoc mesentroides K13	Fermented milk	Identified by phenotypic characterization and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA
Streptococcus thermophilus NCIMB10387	Yogurt	Commercial probiotic