Table 2.

Molecular weight and relative abundance (percentual expression) of EPS fractions produced by L paracasei strains in milk at different temperatures.

L. paracasei strain	Temperature	EPS molecular weight (Da)
		High MW fraction (>1 × 105)				Middle MW fraction (3 × 104 < PM > 1 × 105)		Low MW fraction (<3 × 104)
		Mw	Relative abundance %	Mw	Relative abundance %	Mw	Relative abundance %	Mw	Relative abundance %
CIDCA 8339	20°C	-	-	1.4 × 105	57.1	-	-	9.0 × 103	42.9
	30°C	-	-	3.9 × 105	50.0	-	-	1.0 × 104	50.0
	37°C	-	-	5.4 × 105	33.3	-	-	1.2 × 104	66.7
CIDCA 83123	20°C	3.4 × 106	85.1	6.0 × 105	6.4	7.4 × 104	2,1	1.0 × 104	6.8
	30°C	3.3 × 106	17.6	6.8 × 105	17.6	7.1 × 104	5.9	1.1 × 104	58.9
	37°C	3.5 × 106	9.5	4.5 × 105	14.3	7.8 × 104	9.5	1.2 × 104	66.7
CIDCA 83124	20°C	3.7 × 106	80.0	-	-	-	-	1.1 × 104	20.0
	30°C	5.7 × 106	21.0	6.9 × 105	10.5	7.0 × 104	5.3	1.1 × 104	63.1
	37°C	1.1 × 106	14.3	-	-	-	-	1.5 × 104	85.7

Relative abundance is calculated considering the percentage of the area of each peak referred to the total area of the chromatogram. Standard deviation ranged between 0.05 and 0.2. Standard deviation in retention time of peak ranged from 0.04 to 0.06.