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Mechanistic Study of Utilization of Water-Insoluble Saccharomyces cerevisiae Glucans by Bifidobacterium breve Strain JCM1192.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 2017
Keung Hoi Yee, Li Tsz Kai, Sham Lok To, Cheung Man Kit, Cheung Peter Chi Keung, Kwan Hoi Shan
Abstract excerpt
Bifidobacteria exert beneficial effects on hosts and are extensively used as probiotics. However, due to the genetic inaccessibility of these bacteria, little is known about their mechanisms of carbohydrate utilization and regulation. Bifidobacterium breve strain JCM1192 can grow on water-insoluble yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cell wall glucans (YCWG), which were recently considered as potential prebiotics....
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