Table 1 Origin of the102 strains of Lactobacillus plantarum used in this study

IMAU10011, 10012, 10013, 10014, 10015, 10016, 10025 (7)

Koumiss

Inner Mongolia

FJ749575, 749576, 749577,749578, 749579, 749580, 749585

IMAU10022, 10023, 10053, 10058, 10062, 10070, 10079, 10114, 10115, 10117, 10118, 10120, 10121, 10124, 10125, 10128, 10140, 10141, 10145, 10155, 10156, 10159, 10160, 10166 (24)

Mixed sample^a

Inner Mongolia

FJ749582, 749583, 915709, 915714, 915718, 915726, 915735, 915770, 915771, 915773, 915774, 915776, 915777, 915780, 915781, 915784, 915796, 915797, 915801, 915810, 915811, 915814, 915815, 915821

IMAU70004, 70005, 70010, 70023, 70035, 70042, 70080, 70088, 70089, 70090, 70100, 70099, 70087, 70092, 70093, 70094, 70095, 70098, 70101, 70103, 70104, 70105, 70125, 70126, 70164 (25)

Naturally fermented congee

Inner Mongolia

GQ131121, 131122, 131126, 131139, 131151, 131158, 131196, 131204, 131205, 131206, 131216, 131215, 131203, 131208, 131209, 131210, 131211, 131214, 131217, 131219, 131220, 131221, 131241, 131242, 131279

IMAU50045 (1)

Dairy fan

Yun Nan

FJ749445

IMAU40070, 40072, 40082, 40089, 40090, 40091, 40100, 40116, 40117, 40122, 40126 (11)

Fermented Yak milk

Qing Hai

FJ749345, 749347, 749357, 749364, 749365, 749366, 749375, 749387, 749388, 749392, 749395

IMAU40001, 40003, 40005, 40007, 40009, 40010, 40014 (7)

Koumiss

Qing Hai

FJ749720, 749722, 749724, 749726, 749728, 749729, 749733

IMAU30001, 30043, 30055, 30106, 30114, 30110, 30118, 30151, 30159 (9)

Koumiss

Xin Jiang

FJ749604, 749637, 749647, 749677, 749682, 749683, 749685, 749711, 749716

IMAU60026, 60042, 60045, 60047, 60049, 60051, 60055, 60057 (8)

Cattle‘s milk

Tibet

FJ7211392, 211391, 749770, 749772, 749774, 749776, 749779, 749781

IMAU60170, 60171 (2)

Kurut

Tibet

FJ749884, 749885

IMAU20063, 20089 (2)

Mixed sample^a

Mongolia

FJ640996, 640997

IMAU20009, 20013, 20014, 20015, 20020, 20029 (6)

Koumiss

Mongolia

FJ844939, 844943, 844944, 844945, 844949, 844957