The cellulose (BC) carriers used for immobilization of Lactobacillus
by adsorption-incubation method are presented in Fig. 1. It
was found that after 5 h of incubation of BC samples with probiotic
bacteria, the highest density and number of immobilized microorganismswas
recorded for L. delbrueckii and L. plantarum, whereas
in the case of L. casei the number of immobilized bacteria was
considerably lower (Fig. 2, Table 1). Itwas also found that regardless
of culture type, higher numbers of immobilized organisms were
recorded for wet BC. When the two forms of wet cellulose were
compared, significantly more (P < 0.05) immobilized bacteria were
observed in the case of beads as compared to pellicles.