Bacterial strains | Lactic acid (g/l) (mean ± SD) | Consumed sugar (g/l) | Yield (%) | Efficiency (%) | Lactic acid (g/l) (mean ± SD) | Consumed sugar (g/l) | Yield (%) | Efficiency (%) | Lactic acid (g/l) (mean ± SD) | Consumed sugar (g/l) | Yield (%) | Efficiency (%) | LSD at 0.05 for lactic acid production |
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Inoculum size | 2% | 3% | 4% | 0.326 | |||||||||
Enterococcus faecalis-58 | 9.66 ± 0.34 | 24.1 | 40 | 48 | 9.85 ± 0.13 | 24.8 | 40 | 50 | 16.23 ± 0.23 | 28.3 | 57 | 57 | |
Enterococcus hirae-68 | 8.55 ± 0.26 | 21.9 | 39 | 44 | 8.69 ± 0.28 | 23.7 | 37 | 47 | 16.27 ± 0.27 | 27.6 | 59 | 55 | |
Incubation temperature | 30 °C | 37 °C | 45 °C | 0.277 | |||||||||
Enterococcus faecalis-58 | 9.98 ± 0.18 | 25.7 | 39 | 51 | 16.23 ± 0.23 | 28.3 | 57 | 57 | 9.7 ± 0.2 | 25.1 | 39 | 50 | |
Enterococcus hirae-68 | 8.50 ± 0.12 | 24.5 | 35 | 49 | 16.27 ± 0.27 | 27.6 | 59 | 55 | 8.28 ± 0.28 | 23.3 | 36 | 47 | |
CaCO3 concentration | 0% | 0.5% | 0.314 | ||||||||||
Enterococcus faecalis-58 | 10.9 ± 0.3 | 26.3 | 41 | 53 | 16.23 ± 0.23 | 28.3 | 57 | 57 | |||||
Enterococcus hirae-68 | 9.03 ± 0.08 | 25 | 36 | 50 | 16.27 ± 0.27 | 27.6 | 59 | 55 |