presented no significant differences compared to control in MRS-C (p > 0.05). Considering the data for Lactobacillus spp., all culture media showed significant differences compared to control in MRS (p < 0.05), indicating their potential selectivity; however, only TOS- MUP and RP-MUP demonstrated a total absence of counts for cul- tures of this genus. Strains of S. thermophilus showed no counts on MRS-NNLP, TOS-MUP and RP-MUP and, despite having lower scores on the MRS-ABC compared to control in M17, this difference was not significant (p > 0.05).