Research Article
Effect of Prebiotics-Enhanced Probiotics on the Growth of Streptococcus mutans
Table 5
Percentages of secreted fatty acids of individual S. mutans and L. acidophilus and the cocultured in prebiotics-supplemented media.
| Percentage of prebiotics | Single culture | Coculture | S. mutans | L. acidophilus | S. mutans/L. acidophilus | Unsaturated | Saturated | Unsaturated | Saturated | Unsaturated | Saturated |
| Control (MRS) | ā | 75.52 | 24.48 | 75.24 | 24.76 | 75.05 | 24.95 |
| GOS | 1(%) | 75.25 | 24.75 | 74.01 | 25.99 | 75.04 | 24.96 | 2(%) | 52.48 | 47.52 | 73.56 | 26.40 | 73.94 | 26.06 | 3(%) | 73.43 | 26.57 | 73.71 | 26.29 | 72.79 | 27.21 | 4(%) | 69.02 | 30.98 | 72.95 | 27.05 | 73.25 | 26.75 | 5(%) | 75.38 | 24.62 | 72.78 | 27.22 | 74.70 | 25.30 |
| FOS | 1(%) | 75.58 | 24.42 | 74.41 | 25.59 | 72.15 | 27.85 | 2(%) | 77.74 | 22.26 | 75.37 | 24.63 | 72.94 | 27.06 | 3(%) | 76.19 | 23.81 | 75.39 | 24.61 | 74.31 | 25.69 | 4(%) | 76.29 | 23.71 | 74.91 | 25.09 | 73.27 | 25.23 | 5(%) | 78.85 | 24.15 | 75.27 | 24.73 | 73.87 | 26.13 |
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