r. For each sample, 10 g of
sauerkraut were filled into sterile stomacher bags and after mixing
with 90 mL sterile Ringer’s solution homogenised for 1 min in a
stomacher (Bagmixer 400; Interscience, St Nom, France) set at level
4. Appropriate decimal dilutions in 1=4 strength Ringer’s solution
were made and 0.1 mL of the dilutions were plated onto agar plates
in duplicates. After aerobic incubation at 30 C for 72 h (PC), 25 C
for 72 h (YGC), 37 C for 24 h (VRBD), and anaerobic incubation at
30 C for 72 h (MRS and MRS-PB), respectively, cfu were counted.
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