Table 4. Enzyme activities of LAB strains measured with API ZYM kit

Strains L. plantarum SY46 L. brevis SY65
1 Control - -
2 Alkaline phosphatase - -
3 Esterase (C 4) + +
4 Esterase lipase (C 8) - -
5 Lipase (C 14) - -
6 Leucine arylamidase +++ +++
7 Valine arylamidase +++ +++
8 Cystine arylamidase - +
9 Trypsin - -
10 α-Chymotrypsin - -
11 Acid phosphatase + ++
12 Naphthol-AS-phosphohydrolase + +
13 α-Galactosidase + +
14 β-Galactosidase +++ +++
15 β-Glucuronidase - -
16 α-Glucosidase ++ ++
17 β-Glucosidase +++ +++
18 N-Acetyl-β-glucosaminidase + ++
19 α-Mannosidase - +
20 α-Fucosidase - -
- to +++, -;zero, +;1-2, ++;3-4, +++;5.