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Table 3 L-fucose utilization and metabolite formation

From: Fucosyllactose and L-fucose utilization of infant Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense

Strain

Substrate used

Metabolite formed

 

L-fucose (mM)

lactate (mM)

acetate (mM)

1,2-PD (mM)

B. longum subsp. infantis DSM 20088

−3.4 ± 0.3

4.0 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 1.3

3.9 ± 0.8

B. longum subsp. infantis TPY12-1

−6.2 ± 0.8

3.7 ± 3.8

1.6 ± 2.2

5.3 ± 0.4

B. longum subsp. suis BSM11-5

−11.4 ± 2.9

5.6 ± 2.2

10.5 ± 2.7

10.0 ± 3.1

B. kashiwanohense DSM 21854

0

4.0 ± 1.7

3.5 ± 1.4

0

  1. Strains were grown in API medium with L-fucose (30 mM) and 0.4 mM glucose as carbohydrate sources for 48 h. L-fucose, lactate, acetate, and 1,2-PD were analysed with HPLC-RI (n = 3)
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