“…Plant and animal-based fermented foods also offer important alternatives to isolate probiotic bacteria for viable and useful applications [1] . Possible sources of probiotic candidates isolated in Thailand are derived from fermented fruits (buay-dorng, loog-pling-dorng, ma-kaam-dorng and poot-sa-dorng), fermented vegetables (phak-gard-dorng, horm-dorng, hooa-phak-gard-dorng, kra-tiam-dorng, ginger and bamboo shoot pickles), fermented soybeans (see-iu, tao-hoo-yee and tao-jieo), fermented fishes (pla-ra, nam-pla, bu-du, pla-chom, kung-chom, pla-uan and som fak), fermented shrimp and other sea foods (ka-pi, koei-cha-loo, koei-nam, koong som, hoi-kraeng-dorng, hoi-som and poo-khem) and fermented animals (mam, naem and sai-krok-prieo) [2] – [4] .…”