Table 1 In vitro carbohydrate growth assays (“Materials and methods”). The symbols represent growth (measured by OD at 650 nm after 48 h) as follows: “−”: OD less than 0.1, “+”: OD between 0.1 and 0.3, “++”: OD between 0.3 and 0.7, “+++”: OD greater than 0.7
Subspecies | Strain | Negative control | Glucose | Raffinose | Sucrose | SPS | l-Arabinose | d-Arabinose | Inulin (chicory) | Inulin (dahlia) | Beta-glucan | Arabinan | Xylan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ErEurope | T3WBE13 | − | ++ | ++ | + | +++ | ++ | − | ++ | ++ | − | ++ | + |
ErEurope | T1–815 | − | ++ | ++ | − | ++ | ++ | − | ++ | ++ | − | − | + |
ErEurasia | A1–86 | − | + | ++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | − | + | + | − | − | + |
ErEurasia | L2–21 | − | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | − | + | + | − | − | − |
ErEurasia | ATCC 33656 | − | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | − | − | + | − | − | − |
ErEurasia | M104/1 | − | ++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | − | + | + | − | − | − |