Probiotic potential of lactic acid bacteria isolated from Ethiopian traditional fermented Cheka beverage

Annals of Microbiology

Table 3 Sugar fermentation properties of the isolates and acid/gas production from glucose

Isolate code	Acid and gas-Glucose	Different sugar fermentation test
Isolate code	Acid and gas-Glucose	Glucose	Fructose	Lactose	Sucrose	Maltose	Manitol	Sorbitol
ChK-3	Homo	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
ChK-4	Homo	+	+	+	-	+	-	-
ChK-7	Homo	+	+	+	+	-	+	+
ChK-11	Homo	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
ChK-19	Hetero	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
ChK-23	Hetero	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
ChD-2	Homo	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
ChD-5	Hetero	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
ChD-8	Homo	+	+	+	+	-	+	-
ChD-17	Hetero	+	+	+	+	-	-	+
ChD-25	Homo	+	+	+	-	+	+	-

Homo = homofermentative, Hetero = heterofermentative, += positive for the test, - = negative for the test

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