Nine hundred LAB strains were isolated from kimchi samples. The isolates with useful enzyme activities such as b-Gal and a-Gal were selected first and then their bile salts resistances were examined. The isolates were spotted onto MRS agar plates con- taining X-Gal or X-a-Gal and incubated for 24 h at 30 C. Total nine isolates showed both b-Gal and a-Gal activities and they were spotted on the MRS agar plates containing 0.1% glycodeoxycholic acid sodium salt and incubated for 24 h at 30 C. Four isolates (C4, C10, C182 and F27) grew well and they were finally selected for further experiments. They were identified by API 50CHL kit and 16S rRNA gene sequencing results (Table 1). The carbohydrate utiliza- tion pattern of C4, C10, and F27 was identical with that of Leu. mesenteroides (Table 1). The utilization pattern of C182 was