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Two strains ofBifidobacterium globosum were isolated from cæcal contents of rabbits in a search for potential probiotics. Both strains fermented glucose, galactose, pentoses, maltose, raffinose and starch. Common coccidiostats (monensin, salinomycin) and antimicrobial growth promotors (avoparcin, bacitracin, nitrovin, virginiamycin) supplied at 10 mg/L inhibited their growth in cultures with glucose. Fermentation parameters of bifidobacteria on glucose and starch. When growing on starch, the two strains of bifidobacteria produced 1 mol lactate per 5.6 and 5.7 mol acetate, respectively. Corresponding values during growth on glucose were 17.3 and 8.4 mol of acetate per mol of lactate. Starch-grown cells accumulated more saccharides than cells grown on glucose (1.48vs. 0.41 and 3.12vs. 1.18 mmol glucose units per 1 g of dry matter, respectively).
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Marounek, M., Rada, V. & Benda, V. Biochemical characteristics and fermentation of glucose and starch by rabbit cæcal strains ofBifidobacterium globosum . Folia Microbiol 43, 113–116 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02815555
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