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. 2002 Feb;68(2):938–941. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.2.938-941.2002

TABLE 1.

Determination of the quantity of lactose ingested by germfree mice and excreted in the feces in 24 h

Expta Lactose (g)
Ingested Excreted in feces
I 0.00 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.00
II 0.32 ± 0.01 0.31 ± 0.01
III 0.32 ± 0.01 0.14 ± 0.01
a

Mice received either water (experiment I) or lactose (4.5%) (experiments II and III) as a drinking solution and were force fed with an S. thermophilus FBI3 culture (experiment III).