Table 1.

Ingredients (g) employed for each liter of the basal feed used in the Shime reactor

Ingredient	Quantity necessary for 1 L
Arabinogalactan (Sigma, USA)	1.0
Pectin (Sigma, USA)	2.0
Xylan (Sigma, USA)	1.0
Potato starch (Unilever, Brazil)	3.0
Glucose (Sigma, USA)	0.4
Yeast extract (Sigma, USA)	3.0
Peptone (Sigma, USA)	1.0
Mucin (Sigma, USA)	4.0
Cystein (Sigma, USA)	0.5
Sterile distilled water	qsp