Fig. 4

Comparison of dry cell mass and viable counts of Lactobacillus plantarum (AS-14) cultivated in MS medium and the optimum medium. Fermentation conditions: 5% inoculum, 40 °C, 24 h, at 100 ml medium/250 ml Hinton flask without shaking. Each value represents the mean columns are significantly different (p < 0.05) compared to MRS medium