[ ]	concentration of chemical species being enclosed by square bracket
µ	specific growth rate
act	activity
AOAC	Association of Official Analytical Chemists
AR	analytical reagent
CFU	colony forming unit
DAD	diode array detector
DB	dried biomass
DSc	kinetic data score
ExSp-PEact	extracellular specific PEact
Ex-Tprot	extracellular total protein
ExVol-PEact	extracellular volumetric PEact
g	gram
Glu	glucose
HPLC	high-performance liquid chromatography
InSp-PEact	intracellular specific PEact
In-Tprot	intracellular total protein
InVol-PEact	intracellular volumetric PEact
IP6	phytic acid/phytate
[IP6]sol	soluble form of IP6 in MsRB or WsRB media
[IP6]in-sol	insoluble form of IP6 in MsRB or WsRB media
[IP6]overall	overall [IP6] equal to summation of [IP6]sol and [IP6]in-sol
IP6-Na	sodium phytate
LA	lactic acid
LAB	lactic acid bacteria
Log	common logarithm, decadic logarithm
m	milli
MRS	de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (Lactobacillus modified broth)
MsRB	milling stage RB
n.d.	not determined
PE	phytase enzyme
PEact	phytase enzyme activity
Pi	phosphate ions
PSc	kinetic parameter score
qp,LA	specific LA production rate (g LA/L/Log(CFU/mL)/h)
qp,Pi	specific Pi production rate (g Pi/L/Log(CFU/mL)/h)
qs,Glu	specific Glu consumption rate (g Glu/L/Log(CFU/mL)/h)
qs,IP6	specific IP6 consumption rate (g IP6/L/Log(CFU/mL)/h)
RB	rice bran
RID	refractive index detector
RT	retention time
S	supplementary
SE	standard error
Sp-PEact	specific PEact
SPSS	Statistical Product and Service Solutions
TISTR	Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research
Tprot	total protein
U	unit of PEact
USA	United States of America
UV-Vis	ultraviolet-visible
via-CD	viable cells density
Vol-PEact	volumetric PEact
WsRB	whitening stage RB
YLA/Glu	mass yield percentage of produced [LA] over consumed [Glu]