Table 2.
Enzyme activities of the Lactobacillus strains measured using the API ZYM kit.
| Enzyme | Enzyme Activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. rhamnosus GG | L. fermentum KU200060 | L. delbrueckii KU200171 | L. buchneri KU200793 | |
| Control | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alkaline phosphate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esterase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Esterase lipase | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lipase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leucine arylamidase | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Valine arylamidase | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Cystine arylamidase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trypsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| α-Chymotrypsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acid phosphatase | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| α-Galactosidase | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| β-Galactosidase | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| β-Glucuronidase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| α-Glucosidase | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| β-Glucosidase | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| N-Acetyl-β-glucosaminidase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| α-Mannosidase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| α-Fucosidase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(1) 0, 0 nM; 1, 5 nM; 2, 10 nM; 3, 20 nM; 4, 30 nM; and 5, ≥40 nM.