Table 1 Growth of infant-associated B. longum strains on different complex sugars associated with human milk.

From: A novel gene cluster allows preferential utilization of fucosylated milk oligosaccharides in Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum SC596

Complex Milk Sugars

Strains

HMO

LNT

LNnT

2FL

3FL

3SL

6SL

Mucin

LAC

SC91

++a

+++

+

+

+++

SC116

++

+++

+

+

+++

SC156

++

+++

++

+

+++

SC215

++

+++

+

+++

SC249

SC280

++

+++

+

+

+++

SC513

+

+++

+

+

+++

SC536

++

++

+++

SC558

++

+++

+++

+

+

+++

SC592

++

+++

+

+++

SC596

++

+++

++

+++

+++

+

+++

SC618

++

+++

++

+++

SC630

++

+++

++

+++

SC657

+

+++

+++

SC662

+

+++

+++

SC664

+

+++

+++

+

+++

SC697

++

+++

+

+++

ATCC 15697

+++

+++

+++

+++

+++

++

+++

+++

PRL2010

ndb

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

++

++

JCM10602

++

  1. aLevel of growth was classified as follows: −, negative (maximum OD600 < 0.2); +, low (OD600 from 0.2 to 0.5); ++, moderate (OD600 from 0.5 to 0.8); +++, high (OD600 > 0.8).
  2. bnd: not determined
  3. Control strains; B. infantis ATCC15697, B. bifidum PRL2010 and B. animalis subsp. lactis JCM10602 are also shown.