(Lee etal.,2012; Dunne etal.,2001). Itwasfoundthatnoneof the strainsshowedgrowthinthepresenceof0.3%oxgall, however asindicatedin Table 2 most oftheisolatesstudied were abletosurvivethepresenceofoxgall.Onlyoneofthe L. plantarum isolate (strainAD29)showeddecreaseinviable count(from7.84to6.97logcfuml_1). Ontheotherhand,most of theisolateswereabletogrowin0.3%sodiumtaurocholate as indicatedfromtheincreaseviablelogcount(Table2).