Research Article

Technological Properties of Bifidobacterial Strains Shared by Mother and Child

Table 1

Changes (log cfu/ml) in bifidobacterial counts after freezing or freeze-drying and subsequent storage.

Strain-80°C (21 d)Freeze-drying (21 d)

B. breve INIA P712-0.99 ± 0.5-1.76 ± 0.1
B. longum subsp. longum INIA P678-0.67 ± 0.1-1.10 ± 0.0
B. breve INIA P734-0.95 ± 0.0-0.10 ± 0.0
B. longum subsp. infantis INIA P737-0.63 ± 0.3-0.85 ± 0.2
B. bifidum INIA P671-0.58 ± 0.0-0.95 ± 0.0
B. pseudocatenulatum INIA P753-1.12 ± 0.1-0.65 ± 0.2
B. adolescentis INIA P784-0.10 ± 0.0-1.20 ± 0.1
B. bifidum INIA P826-0.81 ± 0.1-0.99 ± 0.2
B. longum subsp. longum INIA P843-0.75 ± 0.0-0.86 ± 0.2
B. animalis BB12-0.13 ± 0.0-0.16 ± 0.0
B. longum subsp. longum BB536-0.53 ± 0.0-1.65 ± 0.2

Values are the mean ± SD (n=4). Means in the same column with a different superscript differ significantly (P<0.01).