Table 2.

Values of Lag, Rate, and yEnd obtained from the serial dilutions of one strain for species.

Inoculum	Lactobacillus helveticus 5			Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp bulgaricus 202			Lactococcus lactis 4068			Streptococcus thermophilus 547
	λ (Lag)	μmax (M% Rate)	yEnd	λ (Lag)	μmax (M% Rate)	yEnd	λ (Lag)	μmax (M% Rate)	yEnd	λ (Lag)	μmax M% (Rate)	yEnd
Not diluted	0.68	2.64	30.06	1.12	2.33	25.63	1.20	4.25	25.14	nd‡	5.27	28.23
First*	4.58	1.97	30.55	3.29	2.76	26.98	2.62	4.04	25.27	nd	3.97	28.86
Second*	9.01	1.71	30.51	6.78	2.90	26.82	3.97	4.05	26.11	0.33	3.48	29.29
Third*	11.45	1.81	30.50	10.48	3.03	27.21	5.53	3.83	26.02	1.59	3.59	29.03
Fourth*	16.17	1.59	30.49	14.14	2.97	27.28	7.35	3.77	26.17	2.69	3.65	28.87
Fifth*	20.07	1.52	30.13	19.06	2.60	26.86	9.02	3.70	25.87	3.94	3.68	29.42
Mean	10.33	1.87	30.38	9.15	2.77	26.80	4.95	3.94	25.76	2.14	3.94	28.95
SD§	7.18	0.14	0.22	6.77	0.26	0.60	2.94	0.21	0.45	1.54	0.67	0.42
CV%†	69.56	21.77	0.72	74.05	9.51	2.24	59.39	5.25	1.73	72.20	17.00	1.44

^*Dilution.

^§Standard Deviation.

^†Coefficient of variation.

^‡Not determined.