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. 2007 Oct 5;73(23):7732–7739. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01260-07

TABLE 1.

Growth rates of several bacteria isolated from the surface of smear cheese in SSM and SSM supplemented with glucose, lactose, or lactate

Organism Growth rate (h−1) ona:
SSM SSMG SSML SSM + lactate
B. aurantiacum 1-16-58 0.09 0.09 0.11 0.13
C. casei DPC 5298T 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.38
C. variabile DPC 5310 0.17 0.55 0.16 0.54
M. gubbeenense DPC 5286T 0.09 0.13 0.09 0.12
S. saprophyticus 4E61 0.28 0.57 0.51 0.35
a

SSMG, SSM supplemented with 10 g liter−1 glucose; SSML, SSM supplemented with 10 g liter−1 lactose; SSM + lactate, SSM supplemented with 10 g liter−1 lactate.