Fig. 7: Carbohydrate utilization by BB-12 and BB-46. | npj Systems Biology and Applications

Fig. 7: Carbohydrate utilization by BB-12 and BB-46.

From: Identifying the essential nutritional requirements of the probiotic bacteria Bifidobacterium animalis and Bifidobacterium longum through genome-scale modeling

Fig. 7: Carbohydrate utilization by BB-12 and BB-46.

a The capability of BB-12 and BB-46 to utilize 12 different carbohydrates was tested in batch fermentations in the newly formulated chemically defined medium. Presence or absence of growth is indicated by blue and red colors, respectively. Knowledge gained from the experiments was incorporated into the models so that the model predictions agree with the in vitro results. b Effect of increasing glucose flux percentage through the PEP:PTS transport system on biomass yield of BB-46. 100%: flux only through the PEP:PTS transport system, 0%: transport only through the glucose proton symporter. The amino acid uptake rates were constrained to 1 mmol gCDW−1 h−1.

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