Carbohydrate preferences of Bifidobacterium species isolated from the human gut

Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Palframan, Richard J ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^a   Rastall, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FORMIC ACID; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; MONOMER; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; XYLAN; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROBIOTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XYLOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM;

EID: 0141635220     PISSN: 1466531X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Bezkorovainy, A. 1989. Nutrition and metabolism of Bifidobacteria. In: Biochemistry and Physiology of Bifidobacteria. Bezkorovainy, A., Miller-Catchpole, R., eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
2. De Vriers, W., Gerbrandy, J., and Stouthamer, A.H. 1967. Carbohydrate Metabolism in Bifidobacterium bifidum. Biochem. Biophys. Acta. 136: 415-42
3. Fandi, K.G., Ghazali, H.M., Yazid, A.M. and Raha, A.R. 2001. Purification and N-terminal amino acid sequence of fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase from Bifidobacterium longum BB536. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 32: 235-239.
4. Gibson, G.R. 1999. Dietary modulation of the human gut microbiota using the prebiotics oligofructose and inulin. J. Nutrition. 1438S
5. Gibson, G.R., and Roberfroid, M.B. 1995. Dietary modulation of the human colonic microbiota: introducing the concept of prebiotics. J. Nutrition. 125: 1401-1412.
6. Gibson, G.R., Beatty, E.R., Wang, X., and Cummings, J.H. 1995. Selective stimulation of bifidobacteria in the human colon by oligofructose and inulin. Gastroenterol. 108: 975-982.
7. Gibson, G.R., and Wang, X. 1994. Regulatory effects of bifidobacteria on the growth of other colonic bacteria. J. Appl. Microbiol. 77: 412-420.
8. Gopal P.K., Sullivan, P.A., and Smart, J.B. 2001. Utilisation of galactooligosaccharides as selective substrates for growth by lactic acid bacteria including Bifidobacterium lactis DR10 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus DR20. Intnl. Dairy J. 11: 19-25.
9. Imamura, L., Hisamitsu, K., and Kobashi, K. 1994. Purification and characterisation of β-fructofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium infantis. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 17: 596-602.
10. Kaplan, H., and Hutkins, R.W. 2000. Fermentation of fructooligosaccharides by lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria. Appli. Environ. Microbiol. 66: 2682-2684.
11. Lokman, B.C., Heerikhuisen, M., Leer, R.J., van den Broek, A., Borsboom, Y., Chaillou, S., Postma, P.W., and Pouwels, P.H. 1997. Regulation and expression of the Lactobacillus pentosus xy/AB operon. J. Bacteriol. 179: 5391-5397.
12. Perrin S., Warchol M., Grill J.P., and Schneider F. 2001. Fermentations of fructooligosaccharides and their components by Bifidobacterium infantis ATCC 15697 on batch culture in semi-synthetic medium. J. Appli. Microbiol. 90: 859-865.
13. Roberfroid, M.B., Bornet, F., Bouley, C. and Cummings, J.H. 1995. Colonic microflora: Nutrition and health. Nutrition Rev. 53: 127-130.
14. Song, S., and Park, C. 1997 Organisation and regulation of the D-Xylose operons in Escherichia coli K-12: Xy/R acts as a transcriptional activator. J. Bacteriol. 179: 7025-7032.
15. Vazquez, M.J., Alonso, J.L., Dominguez, H., and Parajo, J.C. 2000. Xylooligosaccharides: manufacture and applications. Trends Food Sci. Technol. 11: 387-393.