Table 2.
Api-Zym galleries of enzymatic activities corresponding to the Lactobacillus tested strains ((+) positive; (W) weakly positive; (−) negative).
| Enzyme activities |
L. plantarum
B3 |
L. pentosus
B4 |
L. plantarum
B11 |
|---|---|---|---|
| β-Glucuronidase | − | − | − |
| Alkaline phosphatase | − | − | − |
| Esterase (C4) | − | − | − |
| Esterase lipase (C8) | − | − | − |
| Lipase (C14) | − | − | − |
| Cystine arylamidase | − | − | − |
| Trypsin | − | − | − |
| α-Chymotrypsin | − | − | − |
| α-Galactosidase | − | − | − |
| α-Mannosidase | − | − | − |
| α-Fucosidase | − | − | − |
| Leucine arylamidase | + | + | + |
| Valine arylamidase | + | + | + |
| Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | + | + |
| β-Galactosidase | + | + | W |
| α-Glucosidase | + | + | + |
| β-Glucosidase | + | + | + |
| N-Acetyl-β-glucosaminidase | + | + | + |
| Acid phosphatase | W | W | W |