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Table 2.

Growth parameters of probiotic cultures supplemented with the indicated carbon sources.

Bacteria	Grow Parameters on MRS Media
	Δ_maxOD₆₀₀^a			g (h) ^b
	NCS	FOS	Isom	NCS	FOS	Isom
L. casei	0.63 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.03	0.76 ± 0.01 *	1.75 ± 0.01	1.34 ± 0.09	1.41 ± 0.08 *
L. rhamnosus	0.94 ± 0.01	1.09 ± 0.02	1.13 ± 0.02 *	1.30 ± 0.07	0.87 ± 0.04	0.80 ± 0.02 *
E. faecium	0.58 ± 0.03	0.79 ± 0.03	0.89 ± 0.05 *^,^#	1.70 ± 0.20	0.71 ± 0.14	0.87 ± 0.06 *

NCS: No Carbohydrate Source (negative control); FOS mixture Actilight (positive control); Isom (isomelezitose). Data are shown as the mean of three independent assays ± standard deviation. Tukey’s test (p < 0.05) was performed and significant differences with the negative control (*) and the positive control (#) are represented. ^a Δ_maxOD₆₀₀ = OD₆₀₀(24 h)-OD₆₀₀(initial); ^b g = generation time (h).