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Table 2.3 lactic Acid bacteria utilization of scFos
growth on Agar
Containing scFos
a
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
b734 -
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Cr5 -
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Cr14 +
Lactobacillus acidophilus
33200 +
Lactobacillus acidophilus
837 +
Lactobacillus acidophilus
dds-1 +
Lactobacillus acidophilus
nCfM +
Lactobacillus plantarum
4008 +
Lactobacillus plantarum
1195 +
Lactobacillus plantarum
12006 +
Lactobacillus plantarum
Mr240 +
Lactobacillus lactis
448 -
Lactobacillus casei
685 +
Lactobacillus casei
Mr191 +
Lactobacillus
strain gg -
Streptococcus thermophilus
19987 -
Streptococcus thermophilus
14485 -
Streptococcus thermophilus
19258 -
Streptococcus thermophilus
MtC321 -
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
15705 +
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
15706 +
Bifidobacterium breve
15698 +
Bifidobacterium breve
15700 +
Bifidobacterium bifidum
15696 -
Bifidobacterium infantis
17930 +
Bifidobacterium infantis
25962 +
Bifidobacterium longum
15708 +
a
+ indicated when colonies were surrounded by a yellow zone; -
indicated when no zone was apparent.
Source:
adapted from kaplan and Hutkins, 2000.
species and strain
after 24-hour incubation. Of the species/strains tested, 19 could ferment the scFOS
(Table 2.3), indicating interspecies and interstrain differences. This highlights the
need to identify and test specific species/strains, particularly when pairing probiotics
with prebiotics in symbiotic combinations.
Recent studies have explored the mechanism by which lactic acid bacteria uti-
lize scFOS, to provide greater understanding of the selectivity shown by specific
lactic acid bacteria. Both
Lactobacillus plantarum
1995 and
Lactobacillus
strain
GG were able to utilize GF
2
and GF
3
but not GF
4
as measured by optical density
