Fermentation of mucin and plant polysaccharides by strains of Bacteroides from the human colon.

Ten Bacteroides species found in the human colon were surveyed for their ability to ferment mucins and plant polysaccharides ("dietary fiber"). A number of strains fermented mucopolysaccharides (heparin, hyaluronate, and chondroitin sulfate) and ovomucoid. Only 3 of the 188 strains tested...

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Main Authors: Salyers, A A, Vercellotti, J R, West, S E, Wilkins, T D
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1977
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC170684/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/848954
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