Fig. 2.
Growth (log CFU/mL) and extracellular folate concentration of 10 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolates within 6 different species incubated in folic acid casei medium (FACM) for 16 h. (A) Lactobacillus plantarum, (B) Lacto-bacillus rhamnosus, (C) Lactobacil-lus fermentum, (D) Lac-tobacillus brevis, (E) Pediococ-cus acidilactici, (F) Leuconostoc mesen-teroides. The different letters (a-d) above the bars show significant differences between the means (P< 0.05).