Research Article

[Retracted] Encapsulation of Lactic Acid Bacteria by Lyophilisation with Its Effects on Viability and Adhesion Properties

Table 2

Percentage of hydrophobicity and autoaggregation of LAB.

Bacterial isolatesExcipient combination% autoaggregation% cell-surface hydrophobicity

Lactobacillus rhamnosusSkim milk91 ± 1.57.2 ± 1.51
10% sucrose90 ± 1.77.0 ± 0.56
10% maltodextrin91 ± 2.46.9 ± 1.21
10% lactose90 ± 1.47.1 ± 1.54
10% maltodextrin and 5% sucrose91 ± 2.17.2 ± 1.15

Lactobacillus plantarum10% lactose and 5% sucrose90 ± 1.16.9 ± 1.42
Skim milk96 ± 1.45.9 ± 1.42
10% sucrose96 ± 2.46.1 ± 1.12
10% maltodextrin96 ± 1.86.0 ± 1.42
10% lactose96 ± 2.26.0 ± 1.52
10% maltodextrin and 5% sucrose96 ± 1.76.0 ± 1.16
10% lactose and 5% sucrose96 ± 0.86.0 ± 1.05

a: Survival is described as the mean of the log cfu mL-1, n = 3; b: Yield represented as the mean of percentages of product obtained, ± the standard error of the mean.; L- Lyophilisation method (p < 0.05).