Fig. 6

Bacterial count in model corn mash fermentation. The L. fermentum bacterial count was measured in the corn mash samples by plating on MRS medium supplemented with cycloheximide as yeast inhibitor. Y: yeast control (no contamination; black bar), Y + LF: L. fermentum inoculated along with yeast (contamination challenge; light grey bar), Y + LF + LMP: LysMP endolysin was supplemented into bacterial infected corn mash and yeast (dark grey bar). Section sign (§) indicates yeast control (black bar) had no measurable presence of L. fermentum. All data are means ± standard deviations with two independent biological replicates (n = 2) and statistically analysed using analysis of variant where not statistically significant (ns); ****p < 0.00001