FIG. 1.

Oxalate-degrading activity and sucrose consumption by B. animalis subsp. lactis BI07. (A) Kinetics of 5 mM oxalate degradation (triangles) and formate production (circles) and growth curve (squares) in the presence of 20 g/liter sucrose in the culture medium. For formate, the concentration values were corrected by subtracting at each time point the corresponding values obtained when B. animalis subsp. lactis BI07 was grown in the absence of oxalate. (B) Time course of 20 g/liter sucrose consumption (triangles) and growth curves (squares) in the presence (solid lines) or absence (dashed lines) of 5 mM sodium oxalate. Each point represents the mean of data from three independent experiments. The error bars indicate standard deviations.