FIGURE 2.
Growth of L. lactis in pasteurized milk. pH (A) and production of lactic acid (B) of L. lactis wild-type (gray bars) and their Lcn972R mutants (white bars). Cultures were inoculated at 3% and incubated for 6 h at 30°C. (C) Acidification curves of L. lactis L81 (left panel) and L. lactis L62 (right panel) and their Lcn972R mutants in pasteurized milk. (
), wild type strains; (X), L81-D1 and L62-C9; (+), L81-E2 and L62-G9. The insert shows the acidification curve descriptors. Vm, maximum acidification rate (dpH/dt, mpH/min); Te, time to reach pH 4.6 (h). ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001 significantly different to the wild type strain.
