TABLE 2.

Microbial cell load (log cfu/g) of Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 20016, Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis DSM 10140, and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum c16 and c19 immobilized for 15, 20, 25, and 30 min on apple pieces and stored at 4°C for 12 days.

Microorganisms	Days	Log cfu/g
		15	20	25	30
L. reuteri DSM 20016	0	7.61 ± 0.02	7.60 ± 0.08	7.60 ± 0.07	7.38 ± 0.02
	2	7.70 ± 0.05	8.00 ± 0.06	8.08 ± 0.12	8.08 ± 0.12
	7	7.56 ± 0.50	7.26 ± 0.01	7.25 ± 0.07	7.64 ± 0.54
	12	7.72 ± 0.02	7.20 ± 0.01	7.98 ± 0.08	7.96 ± 0.24
		ns*	ns	ns	ns
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis DSM 10140	0	8.07 ± 0.06	8.20 ± 0.14	8.40 ± 0.00	8.19 ± 0.10
	2	7.96 ± 0.08	7.54 ± 0.61	7.61 ± 0.20	7.12 ± 0.16
	7	8.33 ± 0.03	8.30 ± 0.01	8.18 ± 0.23	8.14 ± 0.06
	12	8.33 ± 0.03	8.30 ± 0.01	8.00 ± 0.00	8.06 ± 0.08
		Ns	ns	ns	ns
L. plantarum c16	0	7.98 ± 0.31	8.12 ± 0.25	8.00 ± 0.23	7.88 ± 0.17
	2	8.36 ± 0.34	8.08 ± 0.16	8.33 ± 0.04	8.59 ± 0.01
	7	8.35 ± 0.06	8.32 ± 0.03	8.32 ± 0.03	8.27 ± 0.05
	12	8.16 ± 0.02	8.22 ± 0.03	8.26 ± 0.00	8.33 ± 0.04
		Ns	ns	ns	ns
L. plantarum c16	0	8.45 ± 0.42	8.43 ± 0.15	8.42 ± 0.07	8.33 ± 0.09
	2	8.12 ± 0.17	8.26 ± 0.18	8.34 ± 0.08	8.43 ± 0.38
	7	8.36 ± 0.08	8.35 ± 0.01	8.38 ± 0.01	8.43 ± 0.04
	12	8.10 ± 0.01	8.20 ± 0.04	8.33 ± 0.04	8.30 ± 0.01
		Ns	ns	ns	ns

Mean ± standard deviation. *ns, the data for each contact time were analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s test and the differences were not significant (P > 0.05).