TABLE 5.

Descriptive statistics for the quantified populations of the lactis and cremoris species and the biovar diacetylactis during the milk fermentation at two temperatures.

		Plac/Ptot			Pcre/Ptot			Pcit/Plac
Condition	Time	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Initial
	T0	6	0.75	0.047	6	0.28	0.042	6	0.21	0.039
22°C
	T1	8	0.56	0.022	8	0.44	0.036	8	0.07	0.014
	T2	6	0.55	0.041	6	0.45	0.042	6	0.07	0.004
35°C
	T1	9	0.77	0.007	9	0.22	0.01	9	0.06	0.011
	T2	6	0.53	0.043	6	0.48	0.043	6	0.24	0.051

P_lac/P_tot, P_cre/P_tot and P_cit/P_lac ratios were quantified at the start of the fermentation (T0) and when pH reached 4.5 (T1) and then 4.3 (T2) during growth at two different temperatures, 22°C and 35°C. Each P_lac/_Ptot and P_cre/P_tot ratio was calculated from a single well of a duplex assay and the P_cit/P_lac ratio was obtained from values of two independent wells. The number of independently repeated experiments (n), the mean and standard deviation (SD) of the ratios are reported.