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Table 1 Viability of P. acidilactici in 500 mL shake flask at different lactic acid concentrations

From: Strategies for improving production performance of probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici viable cell by overcoming lactic acid inhibition

Lactic acid added (g/L)

Lactic acid accumulated (g/L)e

Final viable cell concentration (cfu/mL)

0

6.47 ± 0.23d

9.1 × 109 ± 0.12a

5

11.33 ± 0.20c

8.2 × 107 ± 0.35b

10

16.52 ± 0.18b

8.4 × 104 ± 0.27c

15

21.89 ± 0.14a

0.0

  1. The results presented are the average of triplicate experiments and are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. a,b,c,dMean values in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different from each other (P < 0.05)
  3. eLactic acid accumulated is the total of lactic acid added to the culture and lactic acid produced from fermentation