Cellodextrin Utilization by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 77; no. 5; pp. 1681 - 1690
• Main Authors: Pokusaeva, Karina, O'Connell-Motherway, Mary, Zomer, Aldert, MacSharry, John, Fitzgerald, Gerald F, van Sinderen, Douwe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.03.2011; American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Subjects: anion exchange; Bacteria; Bifidobacterium - growth & development; Bifidobacterium - metabolism; Bifidobacterium breve; Biological and medical sciences; carbon; Carbon sources; cellobiose; Cellulose; Cellulose - analogs & derivatives; Cellulose - metabolism; chromatography; Dextrins - metabolism; digestive system; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Enzymes; Food Microbiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes; Genotype & phenotype; Humans; hydrolysis; Metabolism; Microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Multigene Family; Mutagenesis, Insertional; mutants; Operon; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Actinomycetales; Bifidobacterium breve; Bacteria; Lactic acid bacteria; Actinomycetes; Actinomycetaceae

Cellodextrins, the incomplete hydrolysis products from insoluble cellulose, are accessible as a carbon source to certain members of the human gut microbiota, such as Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. Transcription of the cldEFGC gene cluster of B. breve UCC2003 was shown to be induced upon growth on ce...