Table 1.

Effects of carbon and nitrogen sources on cell growth and EPS production of E. faecium F58

Culture conditions	Growth (OD 620 nm)	EPS (g/L)
Carbon sources (30 g/L)
Glucose	0.73 ± 0.04	1.12 ± 0.47
Lactose	0.50 ± 0.01	0.80 ± 0.74
Maltose	0.68 ± 0.03	3.55 ± 0.62
Fructose	0.46 ± 0.19	1.34 ± 0.79
Sucrose	0.64 ± 0.20	1.70 ± 0.52
Nitrogen sources (25 g/L)
Yeast extract	1.04 ± 0.21	4.00 ± 0.81
Meat extract	1.17 ± 0.66	1.71 ± 0.48
Peptone	0.33 ± 0.24	Absence
Tryptone sel	No growth	Absence