TABLE 2.
Maximum sugar-utilizing rates of strains and S. cerevisiae population in the corresponding pairwise coculture
| Strain | Maximum sugar-utilization rate (g/liter/h) |
S. cerevisiae growth (log CFU/ml) in pairwise coculturea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glucose | Fructose | Sucrose | Maltose | ||
| S. cerevisiae | 22.8 | 24.0 | 17.7 | 27.8 | Not applicable |
| L. fermentum | 13.7 | 15.4 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 4.2 |
| W. confusa | 25.3 | 1.6 | 23.1 | 33.2 | 6.2 |
| L. plantarum | 16.1 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.9 |
| P. pentosaceus | 24.6 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 7.0 |
| L. lactis | 30.1 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
a
The average population at 14 fermentation cycles, as shown in Fig. 3.