TABLE 4.

Concentrations of FFA at the end of growth of Propionibacterium freudenreichii CIRM-BIA1^T and five genetically modified strains derived from this strain in a medium containing a milk fat emulsion^a

FFA	FFA concn (μg/g) inb:
	Controlc	CB1T	CB1::pFB01:pf279	CB1-KO-pf279	CB1-KO-pf279-C	CB1::pFB01:pf774	CB1-KO-pf774
C4:0	120.7 D	222.0 B	250.7 A	176.3 C	234.3 AB	252.3 A	229.3 B
C6:0	11.7 C	37.0 B	59.0 A	16.0 C	56.0 A	56.7 A	40.7 B
C8:0	8.7 E	26.7 C	49.7 A	14.7 D	42.0 B	46.3 AB	29.7 C
C10:0	20.3 D	47.7 C	104.7 A	30.7 D	90.3 B	97.3 AB	54.0 C
C12:0	24.7 D	57.3 C	150.3 A	36.3 D	127.0 B	133.7 B	66.7 C
C14:0	81.7 D	201.3 C	643.0 A	122.3 D	520.0 B	526.7 B	224.7 C
C15:0	10.0 E	18.0 CD	52.3 A	12.7 DE	44.3 B	44.0 B	19.0 C
C16:0	250.3 E	478.7 CD	1,591.3 A	289.3 DE	1,353.0 B	1,362.7 B	562.3 C
C16:1	23.7 C	47.7 B	107.7 A	32.7 C	101.3 A	105.3 A	54.3 B
C18:0	108.0 D	143.7 CD	446.7 A	106.7 D	379.7 B	387.3 B	175.7 C
C18:1	247.7 C	469.7 B	1,151.0 A	276.7 C	1,065.7 A	1,147.3 A	559.3 B
C18:2	15.7 C	29.7 B	72.3 A	17.7 C	68.0 A	70.0 A	32.0 B
C18:3	5.7 C	7.7 BC	17.0 A	6.7 BC	17.0 A	16.3 A	8.3 B
Total	946.3 D	1,810.0 C	4,744.0 A	1,164.0 D	4,144.0 AB	4,290.7 B	2,076.0 C

^aSee Table 2 for strain nomenclature.

^bMeans within a row followed by a common letter do not significantly differ according to the LSD test (P > 0.05).

^cNoninoculated control medium.