Table 1. The comparison of the list of lactic acid bacteria approved for use in Korea and European Union (EU) [47–49]

	List of lactic acid bacteria by QPS of EFSA, EU [47]	List of lactic acid bacteria by MFDS, Korea [48,49]
Lactobacillus	Lactobacillus alimentarius,Lactobacillus brevis,Lactobacillus curvatus,Lactobacillus fermentum,Lactobacillus plantarum,Lactobacillus rhamnosus,Lactobacillus sakei	Lactobacillus acidophilus,Lactobacillus casei,Lactobacillus delbrueckii spp. bulgaricus,Lactobacillus fermentum,Lactobacillus gasseri,Lactobacillus helveticus,Lactobacillus paracasei,Lactobacillus plantarum,Lactobacillus reuteri,Lactobacillus rhamnosus,Lactobacillus salivarius
Pediococcus	Pediococcus acidilactici,Pediococcus dextrinicus,Pediococcus pentosaceus	-
Leuconostoc	Leuconostoc citreum,Leuconostoc lactis,Leuconostoc mesenteroides,Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides	-
Lactococcus	Lactococcus lactis	Lactococcus lactis
Streptococcus	Streptococcus thermophilus	S. thermophilus
Bifidobacterium	-	Bifidobacterium animalis spp. lactisBifidobacterium bifidum,Bifidobacterium breve,Bifidobacterium longum
Enterococcus	The category of QPS can't be assigned to all species, hence each specie should be individually analyzed [47]	Enterococcus faecalisEnterococcus faecium(From April 1, 2019, Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium can only be used without antibiotic resistance and toxic genes [49])
Total	16	19