Table 4. Effect of pH on the growth of yeast and bacteria in YM and nutrient broth
(OD540)
| Strain1) | pH |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Yeast | YA | 0.114 | 0.025 | 0.135 | 0.611 | 0.071 |
| YB | 0.364 | 0.142 | 1.292 | 1.421 | 0.338 |
| YC | 0.034 | 0.133 | 2.011 | 2.142 | 1.820 |
| YD | 1.345 | 1.320 | 1.232 | 0.403 | 0.794 |
| YE | 0.137 | 0.685 | 1.086 | 1.212 | 0.663 |
| YF | 0.160 | 0.969 | 0.992 | 1.211 | 0.831 |
| YG | 0.444 | 0.793 | 2.408 | 1.165 | 1.227 |
| YH | 0.100 | 0.737 | 0.982 | 0.944 | 0.639 |
| Bacteria | BA | 0.373 | 1.042 | 1.088 | 1.454 | 1.156 |
| BB | 0.550 | 0.947 | 0.972 | 1.291 | 0.869 |
| BC | 0.141 | 0.665 | 0.747 | 0.932 | 0.644 |
YA, Rhodotorula babjevae; YB, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; YC, Candida zeylanoides; YD, unidentified organism; YE, unidentified organism; YF, Saccharomyces boulardii; YG, Saccharomycete sp.; YH, unidentified organism; BA, Escherichia hermannii; BB, Escherichia hermannii; BC, Staphylococcus caseolyticus.