Table 5 Temperature tolerances of the LAB and yeast isolates.
From: Production of improved Ethiopian Tej using mixed lactic acid bacteria and yeast starter cultures
No | Isolates | Temperature tolerances, OD (Mean ± SD) | ||
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35 °C | 40 °C | 45 °C | ||
1 | L6 | 4.7 ± 0.03b | 4.4 ± 0.14a | 2.5 ± 0.14a |
2 | L7 | 4.2 ± 0.01c | 2.2 ± 0.10b | 2.1 ± 0.14a |
3 | L8 | 5.6 ± 0.11a | 4.3 ± 0.14a | 2.0 ± 0.10a |
4 | L2 | 4.5 ± 0.01b | 3.8 ± 0.14a | 2.5 ± 0.14a |
5 | Y4 | 4.3 ± 0.14b | 3.3 ± 0.0a | 0.88 ± 0.03a |
6 | Y6 | 2.3 ± 0.00d | 2.0 ± 0.14b | 0.87 ± 0.01a |
7 | Y2 | 5.1 ± 0.14a | 2.4 ± 0.14b | 0.96 ± 0.01a |
8 | Y5 | 2.9 ± 0.14c | 2.0 ± 0.3b | 0.65 ± 0.01a |