Table 2.

Fermentation of milk by different Gal⁺ isolates in co-culture with L. bulgaricus NCDC 04

S.No.	Cultures	Incubation time	Parameters analyzed
			Lactose (%)	Galactose (%)	pH	Titratable acidity (%)
1	S. thermophilus NCDC 659 + L .bulgaricus NCDC 04	8 h	2.33 ± 0.10	0.49 ± 0.02	4.0 ± 0.05	0.94 ± 0.04
2	S. thermophilus NCDC 660 + L. bulgaricus NCDC 04	8 h	2.49 ± 0.42	0.60 ± 0.01	4.06 ± 0.09	0.86 ± 0.07
3	S. thermophilus NCDC 661 + L. bulgaricus NCDC 04	8 h	2.48 ± 0.13	0.51 ± 0.02	4.21 ± 0.02	0.82 ± 0.02
4	S. thermophilus NCDC 218 + L. bulgaricus NCDC 04	8 h	2.1 ± 0.04	0.79 ± 0.06	4.32 ± 0.11	0.79 ± 0.04

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation of three individual experiments (n = 3)