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. 2022 Sep 30;11(19):3032. doi: 10.3390/foods11193032

Figure 5.

Figure 5

In vitro prebiotic assay showing the cell density of 22 probiotic lactic acid bacteria co-cultured with E. coli in fecal batches not containing carbohydrates (FM) or made with the addition of pasta without inulin (FMPC) and inulin-enriched pasta at 5 (FMP5), 10 (FMP10), and 15% (FMP15). “£” means >0.5 log10 cycle increased cell density (CFU/mL) of probiotic lactic acid bacte-ria in FMP15 versus FMP; “££” means >1 log10 cycle increased cell density (CFU/mL) of probiotic lactic acid bacteria in FMP15 versus FMP. “#” and “$” indicate those probiotics that had respective-ly determined a significant decrease of E. coli cell density in FMP15 or both FMP15 and FMP10. “*”: significant decrease of E. coli cell density compared to FMP; “ns”: no significant differences.