Fig. 3 shows the survival of E. durans LAB18s in the presence of simulated intestinal juice. Similar values of viable cell counts of E. durans LAB18s were observed during 4 h incubation in simulated juices and control. After 4 h the values for pH 8.0 with pancreatin, pH 8.0 with pancreatin and 1.5% bile salts, and control were 8.34, 8.56 and 8.75 log CFU/ml, respectively, demonstrating that E. durans LAB18s presents resistance when exposed to the simulated
intestinal juice.