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Table 3 Cell growth improvements (%) of probiotics compared with the commercial FOS (Nutraflora P95)

From: Transformation of sugarcane molasses into fructooligosaccharides with enhanced prebiotic activity using whole-cell biocatalysts from Aureobasidium pullulans FRR 5284 and an invertase-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1403-7A

Incubation time—strain

Molasses FOS—3 h

Molasses FOS—9 h

Sucrose FOS—3 h

Sucrose FOS—9 h

Molasses

Synthetic molasses

Glucose

Sucrose

12 h—L. arabinosus QUT 0367

9.3

1.9

0.0

− 9.3

− 24.1

− 57.4

− 40.7

− 68.5

12 h—L. plantarum QUT 0783

17.9

5.4

5.4

− 1.8

− 33.9

− 53.6

− 21.4

− 69.6

12 h—L. fermentan QUT 0872

30.9

3.6

7.3

− 5.5

− 21.8

− 47.3

− 12.7

− 43.6

12 h—L. casei QUT 0873

18.5

7.4

1.9

0.0

− 18.5

− 44.4

− 22.2

− 53.7

12 h—L. acidophilus QUT 0953

45.5

9.1

9.1

− 11.4

− 9.1

− 40.9

− 4.5

− 50.0

12 h—L. fermentum QUT 0954

62.9

8.6

2.9

2.9

0.0

− 28.6

− 8.6

− 57.1

12 h—L. fermentum QUT 0974

37.2

11.6

0.0

− 9.3

− 34.9

− 53.5

0.0

− 48.8

12 h—L. fermentum QUT 1057

28.2

4.2

-8.5

− 21.1

− 36.6

− 47.9

− 7.0

− 53.5

12 h—Bacillus H57

18.2

0.0

1.8

− 3.6

− 20.0

− 70.9

− 41.8

− 74.5

24 h—L. arabinosus QUT 0367

18.5

6.2

3.1

0.0

− 15.4

− 41.5

− 12.3

− 46.2

24 h—L. plantarum QUT 0783

9.7

0.0

0.0

− 6.9

− 18.1

− 25.0

− 19.4

− 55.6

24 h—L. fermentan QUT 0872

21.7

2.9

4.3

− 8.7

− 20.3

− 36.2

− 13.0

− 29.0

24 h—L. casei QUT 0873

9.9

1.4

1.4

− 4.2

− 16.9

− 36.6

− 16.9

− 39.4

24 h—L. acidophilus QUT 0953

14.9

-1.5

1.5

− 7.5

− 29.9

− 35.8

− 7.5

− 35.8

24 h—L. fermentum QUT 0954

24.6

4.6

0.0

− 4.6

− 32.3

− 32.3

− 10.8

− 47.7

24 h—L. fermentum QUT 0974

11.1

1.6

3.2

− 7.9

− 36.5

− 38.1

− 7.9

− 42.9

24 h—L. fermentum QUT 1057

18.8

2.5

-1.3

− 15.0

− 26.3

− 31.3

− 8.8

− 21.3

24 h—Bacillus H57

11.7

1.3

1.3

− 2.6

− 16.9

− 50.6

− 23.4

− 41.6