E. durans LAB18s isolated from “Minas Frescal” cheese showed some desirable characteristics for a probiotic strain. Enterococcus species most commonly isolated from cheese are E. faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, followed by E. durans (Giraffa, 2003; MartínPlatero, Valdivia, Maqueda, & Martínez-Bueno, 2009)