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Table 2.

Growth characteristics of microorganisms grown on crude and purified oligosaccharide(s) liberated from ragi bran WEP after 48 h of incubation

Microorganism	OD	pH	Cell mass (mg)
B. adolescentis NDRI 236	0.070 ± 0.006^a	7.2 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.1
	0.483 ± 0.02^b	5.8 ± 0.15	6.0 ± 0.3
	(0.563) ± 0.02^c	(5.6) ± 0.1	(7.0) ± 0.23
B. bifidum ATCC 29521	0.068 ± 0.005^a	6.9 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.07
B. bifidum ATCC 29521	0.737 ± 0.04^b	5.7 ± 0.1	7.0 ± 0.2
B. bifidum NCDO 2715	0.06 ± 0.003^a	7.5 ± 0.3	1.1 ± 0.08
B. bifidum NCDO 2715	0.705 ± 0.02^b	5.8 ± 0.26	6.0 ± 0.32
L. plantarum NDRI strain 184	0.039 ± 0.003^a	6.9 ± 0.4	1.0 ± 0.05
	0.496 ± 0.01^b	5.9 ± 0.18	5.3 ± 0.2
	(0.634) ± 0.03^c	(5.8) ± 0.16	(7.0) ± 0.3
L. brevis 01	0.04 ± 0.002^a	7.1 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.07
L. brevis 01	0.517 ± 0.025^b	6.0 ± 0.16	5.0 ± 0.37
P. pentosaceus NCDO 813	0.031 ± 0.003^a	7.5 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.04
P. pentosaceus NCDO 813	0.388 ± 0.01^b	6.9 ± 0.14	6.0 ± 0.4
P. pentosaceus ATCC 8081	0.035 ± 0.002^a	6.9 ± 0.15	1.2 ± 0.05
P. pentosaceus ATCC 8081	0.752 ± 0.05^b	5.6 ± 0.2	7.0 ± 0.18

^aControl(media without sugar supplement)

^b Crude oligosaccharides

^cValues in parenthesis are for purified xylobiose; The values are represented with standard error, n = 3. The OD of 48 h culture broth was measured spectrophotometrically at 600 nm