Carbohydrate fermentation Bifidobacterium

There are many references of the use of bifidobacteria for LA production. Many investigations have shown that bifidobacteria promote health preferably via their application in the food industry (Shene et al. 2005 Popa and Ustunol 2011). From that perspective the interest has been focused more on the fermentation performance in combination with typical carbohydrates containing foodstuff (Bumleanu et al. 2011 Watson et al. 2012) than an industrial LA production (Li et al. 2008). In the genus Bifidobacterium (B.), B. adolescentis, B. animalis, B. bifidum, B. breve, B. longum and B. thermophilum are important LA producers. 

The fermented carbohydrates from the most important species of the genus Bifidobacterium are summarized in Table 6. 

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