Table 1.

Different carrier materials and methods used in encapsulation of microbial cells.

Carrier	Method	Microorganism	References
Malt dextrin	Spray drying	Beijerinckia sp.	[56]
Whey and skim milk	Spray drying	Lactobacillus acidophilus	[57]
Whey protein	Spray drying	Bifidobacterium breve	[58]
Corn flour	Spray drying	Bacillus thuringiensis	[59]
Gum Arabic	Spray drying	Trichoderma harzianum	[60]
Chitosan-gellan gum	Spray drying	Streptomyces fulvissimus Uts22	[61]
Alginate-Gelatin	Emulsion	Pseudomonasfluorescens VUPF5	[42]
Alginate	Emulsion	Bifidobacterium BB-12	[62]
Alginate-bentonite	Extrusion	Bacillus subtilis Vru1	[53]
Maltodextrin-gum arabic	Spray Drying	Bacillus cereus C1L	[63]
Starch-pectin	Emulsion	Bifidobacterium bifidum F-35	[64]
Alginate, chitosan	Extrusion	Lactobacillus casei ATCC 393	[65]
Arabic gum	Spray drying	Lactobacillus paracasei NFBC 338	[66]
Psyllium-gum Arabic	Extrusion	Enterococcus durans IW3	[67]
Alginate-starch-bentonite	Extrusion	R. planticola Rs-2	[68]
Alginate	Extrusion	Pseudomonas putida CC-FR2-4 and Bacillus subtilis CC-pg104	[69]