. 2012 Jun 1;43(3):1147–1156. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220120003000042

Table 2.

Medians of L. rhamnosus and starter culture viable cell counts and titratable acidity.

Treatments	Description of Microbial Counts	Log	^oD

1	1: Control LR (L. rhamnosus)	8.15^abc	29.5^b
2	2: LR + cinnamon EO	702bc	25^b
3	3: LR + clove EO	7.87^abc	31^ab
4	4: LR + mint EO	7.91^abc	32^ab
5	5: Control SC (starter culture)	9.99^a	55^a
6	6: SC + cinnamon EO	4.73^c	28^b
7	7: SC + clove EO	8.45^ab	52^a
8	8: SC + mint EO	8.48^ab	51^a
9	9: Control LR + SC (L. rhamnosus count only)	9.13^a	55^a
9	10: Control LR + SC (starter culture count only)	10.23^a
10	11: LR + SC + cinnamon EO (L. rhamnosus count only)	6.98^bc	26^b
10	12: LR + SC + cinnamon EO (starter culture count only)	-
11	13: LR + SC + clove EO (L. rhamnosus count only)	7.93^abc	45^a
11	14: LR + SC + clove EO (starter culture count only)	8.76^ab
12	15: LR + SC + mint EO (L. rhamnosus count only)	7.93^abc	49^a
12	16: LR + SC + mint EO (starter culture count only)	8.6 l^ab

the same letters in the column indicate statistically equal medians (p<0.05). (-) count lower than 10CFU/mL