Table 2.

Similarities in the gas chromatographic fingerprints among samples treated with six different ratios (1:1, 1:5, 1:10, 1:50, 1:100, and 1:1000) of L. plantarum P-8 to starter culture at 0 d of storage.

	1:1	1:5	1:10	1:50	1:100	1:1000	Reference
1:1	1.00	0.61	0.76	0.68	0.59	0.55	0.85
1:5	0.61	1.00	0.61	0.62	0.42	0.42	0.76
1:10	0.76	0.61	1.00	0.79	0.46	0.43	0.84
1:50	0.68	0.62	0.79	1.00	0.57	0.55	0.86
1:100	0.59	0.42	0.46	0.57	1.00	0.95	0.80
1:1000	0.55	0.42	0.43	0.55	0.95	1.00	0.78
Reference	0.85	0.76	0.84	0.86	0.80	0.78	1.00