Cereus jamacaru DC. (mandacaru) fruit as a source of lactic acid bacteria with in vitro probiotic-related characteristics and its protective effects on Pediococcus pentosaceus during lyophilization and refrigeration storage

Gracy Kelly Vieira de Vasconcelos Medeiros, Ana Cristina Silveira Martins, Mateus Gomes Vasconcelos, Estefânia Fernandes Garcia, Noádia Priscila Araújo Rodrigues, Thatyane Mariano Rodrigues de Albuquerque, Vanessa Viera, Maria Lúcia da Conceição, Evandro Leite de Souza, Maria Elieidy Gomes de Oliveira