The five Lactobacillus strains tested showed
dierent salt tolerance levels when incubated at 32oC
for 24 h under aerobic conditions (Fig. 1). It could be
observed that between 0 to 6 % NaCl concentrations
all the strains showed a slightly reduction in their
growth, between 6 to 10% NaCl all the strains
drastically reduced their growth and between 10
to 16% NaCl all the strains could show a sublethal
growth, bacteria could survive but not to grow
maintaining their initial turbidity (data not shown)..