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Table 5 The measurement of adhesion, hydrophobicity, auto/co-aggregation, antioxidant activity and hydrogen peroxide production of probiotic bacterial strains

From: Evaluation of probiotic and anti-inflammatory properties of bacteriocinogenic Pediococcus acidilactici HW01 and Leuconostoc citreum HW02 from malted barley

Subject

LAB strain

Lb. rhamnosus GG

P. acidilactici HW01

Leu. citreum HW02

Adhesion ability (%)

81.09 ± 2.58a

76.28 ± 0.25b

75.99 ± 0.28b

Cell surface hydrophobicity

   

 Chloroform

79.12 ± 1.90b

14.03 ± 0.28a

14.10 ± 2.07a

 Xylene

90.51 ± 0.07a

90.80 ± 0.07a

89.60 ± 1.30a

Auto-aggregation (%)

48.82 ± 0.32c

21.07 ± 0.26a

22.77 ± 0.48b

Co-aggregation (%)

   

 E. coli

36.85 ± 0.80a

38.87 ± 0.29b

39.14 ± 0.39b

 S. Typhimurium

30.54 ± 1.17a

32.04 ± 0.83a

35.23 ± 0.30b

 S. aureus

38.28 ± 1.04ab

36.92 ± 0.72a

38.65 ± 0.39b

 L. monocytogenes

40.45 ± 1.12a

43.02 ± 0.64b

43.50 ± 0.60b

Antioxidant activity (%)

   

 DPPH

15.59 ± 2.87a

25.79 ± 0.10b

37.36 ± 5.60c

 ABTS

77.33 ± 1.56a

77.61 ± 0.72a

85.74 ± 1.94b

Hydrogen peroxide production (μM)

109.49 ± 2.95a

155.10 ± 2.77b

129.90 ± 1.64c

  1. All values are shown as mean ± S.D. (Standard deviation) (n = 3)
  2. Lowercase letters (series “a–c”) indicate significant (Duncan’s range test, p < 0.05) differences in the same row