. 2020 Jan 28;10:3086. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03086

TABLE 2.

Exopolysaccharides production (PDM), viscosity (measured by mean of Ford cup and viscometer) and water holding capacity in milk fermented by EPS producers Weissella 4451 and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus 147 and 2214 and negative control EPS-Lactococcus lactis 220.

Strains	EPS production	Viscosity				Water holding capacity
		Ford cup	Viscometer
	PDM g/L	g/min	n (−)	K(Pa⋅sⁿ)	η₃_.₉₆ (Pa⋅s)	WHC (%)
Weissella 4451	1.58^b	0.64^b	0.578^a	0.844^b	0.500^b	41.59^b
Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus 147	0.96^c	1.22^a	0.353^c	0.863^b	0.349^c	37.72^c
Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus 2214	1.88^a	0.34^d	0.553^ab	1.182^a	0.667^a	51.88^a
Lactococcus lactis 220	0.21^d	3.24^c	0.435^bc	0.492^c	0.222^d	35.28^d

Data were obtained from two independent fermentation processes, and each sample was analyzed in triplicate. ^a–dValues (mean of the triplicate) followed by different letters within the same column are significantly different (Tukey’s honestly significant difference, p < 0.05). PDM, polymer dry mass; n (-), flow behavior index; K (Pa⋅sⁿ), consistency index; η_3.96 (Pa⋅s), apparent viscosity; WHC, water holding capacity.