Table 4.

Growth kinetics in YELactose.

Strain	Carrying capacity (OD650)	Growth rate (h−1)	Lag phase (h)	Area Under the Curve (AUC)
STAC 1	0.35 ± 0.06 h	0.616 ± 0.044 a	9.0 ± 1.00 i	244 ± 90 def
STAC 4	1.46 ± 0.09 ab	0.302 ± 0.022 b	73.1 ± 3.50 a	138 ± 12 k
STAC 4.1	1.46 ± 0.03 ab	0.115 ± 0.006 d	24.8 ± 1.20 h	254 ± 10 cde
STAC 10	1.47 ± 0.03 ab	0.295 ± 0.038 b	71.2 ± 1.0 a	161 ± 7 ii
STAC 13	0.53 ± 0.03 g	0.026 ± 0.001 fg	36.6 ± 4.0 ef	158 ± 2 ii
STAC 30	0.62 ± 0.05 g	0.031 ± 0.004 efg	27.4 ± 1.4 gh	173 ± 9 hi
STAC 31	1.48 ± 0.04 ab	0.106 ± 0.011 d	34.9 ± 4.8 fg	211 ± 10 fg
STAC 36	1.54 ± 0.01 a	0.120 ± 0.001 d	33.6 ± 0.5 fg	232 ± 3 efg
STAC 42.1	0.28 ± 0.02 h	0.018 ± 0.003 g	52.9 ± 12.8 c	72 ± 6 L
STAC 43	1.51 ± 0.04 ab	0.114 ± 0.009 d	32.0 ± 2.8 fg	229 ± 6 efg
STAC 45	1.14 ± 0.06 f	0.239 ± 0.063 bc	4.1 ± 4.8 i	281 ± 11 abc
STAC 46	1.53 ± 0.05 ab	0.120 ± 0.012 d	65.0 ± 2.1 ab	163 ± 42 ii
N24	1.43 ± 0.02 ab	0.096 ± 0.002 d	24.7 ± 0.6 h	246 ± 9 def
N26	1.34 ± 0.22 cd	0.079 ± 0.016 def	30.0 ± 1.4 gh	270 ± 8 bcd
N60	1.2 ± 0.04 ef	0.081 ± 0.002 de	27.9 ± 1.1 gh	289 ± 2 ab
N71	1.4 ± 0.04 abc	0.091 ± 0.007 d	41.8 ± 2.0 de	154 ± 14 jk
N76	1.34 ± 0.03 cde	0.197 ± 0.090 c	9.4 ± 6.5 i	217 ± 23 efg
N82	1.36 ± 0.05 bcd	0.086 ± 0.026 de	26.1 ± 3.6 gh	224 ± 5 efg
N84	1.34 ± 0.07 cd	0.104 ± 0.009 d	27.6 ± 2.9 gh	195 ± 23 gh
N100	1.43 ± 0.06 abc	0.083 ± 0.026 de	27.4 ± 1.4 gh	311 ± 17 a
N112	1.35 ± 0.07 cd	0.073 ± 0.002 def	26.6 ± 1.9 gh	298 ± 16 ab
N114	1.54 ± 0.05 a	0.076 ± 0.007 def	57.6 ± 2.7 bc	156 ± 3 ii
N117	1.31 ± 0.05 de	0.085 ± 0.029 de	30.5 ± 4.1 gh	222 ± 34 efg
PF2	1.52 ± 0.04 ab	0.116 ± 0.017 d	49.6 ± 2.8 cd	290 ± 3 ab
SNY	1.23 ± 0.13 ef	0.092 ± 0.015 d	30.9 ± 3.1 gh	156 ± 20 ii

Results are mean ± std of four technical replicates of two biological replicates. Different letters in the same column indicate values significantly different as determined by Tukey-HSD test (p < 0.05).