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Table 3 Microbiological analyses of the Italian legume flours

From: Italian legumes: effect of sourdough fermentation on lunasin-like polypeptides

Legume

Total mesophilic aerobic bacteria

Lactic acid bacteria

Yeasts

Molds

Total enterobacteria

FL

3.52 ± 0.12b

1.93 ± 0.12b

2.77 ± 0.20c

3.51 ± 0.13ª

0.82 ± 0.11b

FCo

3.60 ± 0.20b

2.49 ± 0.22ª

1.84 ± 0.20d

nf

0.53 ± 0.09c

FCu

3.23 ± 0.22b

2.54 ± 0.12ª

1.11 ± 0.05e

3.33 ± 0.21ª

0.82 ± 0.11b

FSt

4.21 ± 0.18ª

2.25 ± 0.23ª

2.14 ± 0.21c

3.31 ± 0.22ª

0.91 ± 0.07b

FV

2.92 ± 0.13c

1.14 ± 0.24c

nf

2.81 ± 0.15b

0.51 ± 0.09c

FSa

2.55 ± 0.25c

1.16 ± 0.11c

nf

2.47 ± 0.15c

0.62 ± 0.13c

FBw

3.34 ± 0.19b

1.47 ± 0.15c

1.30 ± 0.21e

3.23 ± 0.16a

0.73 ± 0.09b

FBb

1.61 ± 0.32d

1.00 ± 0.16c

nf

2.45 ± 0.15c

0.82 ± 0.09b

CM

2.84 ± 0.22c

1.31 ± 0.18c

1.69 ± 0.23d

2.47 ± 0.22c

0.91 ± 0.14b

CV

2.47 ± 0.14c

1.47 ± 0.21c

1.95 ± 0.09c

2.30 ± 0.24c

0.9 ± 0.09b

CS

2.25 ± 0.15c

1.69 ± 0.23b

nf

2.00 ± 0.21c

0.8 ± 0.10b

CC

2.32 ± 0.23c

1.84 ± 0.22b

4.23 ± 0.22a

nf

0.53 ± 0.05c

LN

2.69 ± 0.21c

1.77 ± 0.24b

1.47 ± 0.13e

2.04 ± 0.23c

1.32 ± 0.10a

LU

2.36 ± 0.24c

1.84 ± 0.25b

2.08 ± 0.15c

2.30 ± 0.20c

0.64 ± 0.11c

LS

2.95 ± 0.09c

1.47 ± 0.24c

2.11 ± 0.15c

nf

0.75 ± 0.13b

LP

4.31 ± 0.11a

1.30 ± 0.25c

nf

3.23 ± 0.20a

0.52 ± 0.22c

LA

3.69 ± 0.16b

1.30 ± 0.08c

3.50 ± 0.15b

2.11 ± 0.20c

0.72 ± 0.14b

LV

2.61 ± 0.17c

1.00 ± 0.08c

2.47 ± 0.12c

2.23 ± 0.15c

0.82 ± 0.12b

PS

2.47 ± 0.23c

1.30 ± 0.10c

1.30 ± 0.21e

nf

0.92 ± 0.13b

  1. Total mesophilic aerobic bacteria were estimated on Plate Count Agar (PCA), lactic acid bacteria on agar MRS; yeasts and molds on Yeast extract Peptone Dextrose Agar (YPD-y and YPD-m, respectively); and total enterobacteria on Violet Red Bile Glucose Agar (VRBGA). Details are reported in “Methods” section
  2. The data are the means of three independent experiments ± standard deviations (n = 3)
  3. a–eValues in the same column with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)