%0 Journal Article %T Effect of Flaxseed on Bile Tolerances of <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus</i>, and <i>Streptococcus thermophilus</i> %A Meghana Theegala %A Ren¨¦ Adalberto Chig¨¹ila Ar¨¦valo %A Valerie Viana %A Douglas Olson %A Kayanush Aryana %J Food and Nutrition Sciences %P 670-680 %@ 2157-9458 %D 2021 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/fns.2021.127050 %X Consumption of flaxseed provides health benefits. Bile tolerance allows survival of probiotics in the intestinal tract. The objective was to determine whether or not flaxseed enhances bile tolerance of Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus) LA-K, Lactobacillus delbruekii ssp. bulgaricus (L. bulgaricus) LB-12, and Streptococcus salivarius ssp. thermophilus (S. thermophilus) ST-M5. Control and experimental (62 g flaxseed/L) broths containing 0.3% oxgall were prepared for each culture, sterilized, cooled, inoculated, and plated for 8 h. Growth of each microorganism in both the control and experimental broths was evaluated by the slope of the regression line of its log count versus time after inoculation. Flaxseed significantly enhanced growth of L. acidophilus but not