Table 1. Carbohydrate fermentation patterns of the isolated bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria

Carbohydrate	Value	Carbohydrate	Value
Glycerol	–	Salicin	+
Erythritol	–	D-Cellobiose	+
D-Arabinose	–	D-Maltose	+
L-Arabinose	+	D-Lactose (bovine origin)	+
D-Ribose	+	D-Melibiose	–
D-Xylose	+	D-Saccharose (sucrose)	+
L-Xylose	–	D-Trehalose	+
D-Xylose	–	Inulin	–
Methyl-beta-D-xylopyranoside	–	D-Melezitose	+
D-Galactose	+	D-Raffinose	–
D-Glucose	+	Amidon (starch)	+
D-Fructose	+	Glycogen	–
D-Mannose	+	Xylitol	–
L-Sorbose	–	Gentiobiose	+
L-Rhamnose	–	D-Turanose	–
Dulcitol	–	D-Lyxose	–
Inositol	–	D-Tagatose	+
D-Mannitol	+	D-Fucose	–
D-Sorbitol	–	L-Fucose	–
Methyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside	–	D-Arabitol	–
Methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside	–	L-Arabitol	–
N-Acetylglucosamine	+	Potassium gluconate	–
Amygdalin	+	Potassium 2-ketogluconate	–
Arbutin	+	Potassium 5-ketogluconate	–
Esculin ferric citrate	+

The test was performed with API 50 CHL kit and all data are from this study. +, positive; –, negative.
API, analytical profile index.