The LAB were grown overnight in MRS broth
anaerobically at 30 C and subsequently centrifuged to obtain the
bacteria cell pellet. Bacteria DNAwas extracted using the previously
described method (Prasad & Turner, 2011). Amplification of the 16S
rDNA gene was done by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (94 C for
2 min, and 30 cycles of 94 C/20 s, 53 C/30 s, 72 C/1.5 min) using
primers 16S-S Forward (50-AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTC-30) and 16S-R
Reverse (50-CGGGAACGTATTCACCG-30)