Mat areas increased in media supplemented with catechin (rangedfrom 1.45 to 2.94cm2 and increased to 1.59to 4.09cm
2 in SLAD supple-mentedwithcatechin).ThistrendwasalsoobservedwhenYPDwith2% of glucose was used. Strain Sc2621 exhibited the highest values in all cases. Presence of a natural mix of polyphenols increased the colony area for four out thirteen strains (Sc1240, Sc1321, Sc1591, BY4742) than when grown with catechin alone, where values ranged fro1.65 cm
2 to 3.11 cm (Fig. 1b)