FIG 2.
Colonization levels of L. plantarum during immobilized and planktonic adaptation in adult gut microbiota. (A) Immobilized L. plantarum NZ3400 (4 g of colonized beads containing 5 × 109 CFU L. plantarum/g) was added to the gut microbiota (●) and (B) NZ3400B at 109 CFU/ml effluent in planktonic state (▼). Dashed line indicates the theoretical washout of the system. Cell count is depicted on the y axis, and days of cultivation in the microbiota are shown on the x axis, where 0 corresponds to the day of L. plantarum supplementation.