Table 1. Exopolysaccharide secretion and viability of Mmm strain Afadé in CMRL-1066 medium at the time of inoculation (T0) and after 72 h of incubation (T72).

		CFU/mL
Strain/variant	Sugar added (4 g/L)	T0	T72	EPS µg/mL T72
Afadé	None	4.8×1010	4.0×108	48.8
	None	a(3.6+/−1.0)x109	a(2.1+/−1.0)x108	a25.2+/−3.0
	None	a(4.9+/−0.8)x108	a(8.9+/−7.0)x106	a8.2+/−4.4
	None	a(4.0+/−0.5)x107	a(1.4+/−0.2)x105	a1.0+/−0.5
	None	4.8×106	4.0×104	0.5
	None	4.8×105	3.0×101	0.6
	None	6.5×109	1.7×106	24.0
	Glucose	6.5×109	2.5×106	31.8
	Sorbitol	6.5×109	6.5×105	27.9
	Mannitol	6.5×109	1.7×107	37.0
	Galactose	6.5×109	8.5×106	28.5
	Sucrose	6.5×109	4.0×107	37.5
TR variant	None	a(3.4+/−0.5)×108	a(6.1+/−5.3)×106	a15.4+/−1.1
OP variant	None	a(6.0+/−2.0)×108	a(2.7+/−0.6)×108	a2.9+/−1.0
	None	6.5×108	1.2×108	0.7
	Glucose	6.5×108	8.5×107	2.3
	Sorbitol	6.5×108	1.2×108	0.5
	Mannitol	6.5×108	4.0×105	0.9
	Galactose	6.5×108	2.0×107	0.7
	Sucrose	6.5×108	1.2×108	1.9

^aData correspond to mean +/− standard deviation of several (> = 3) experiments.