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. 2011 Aug;77(15):5324–5335. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02991-10

Table 3.

Carbohydrate fermentation profiles of the wild L. lactis subsp. lactis strains of lactis and cremoris genotypes of this study

Genotype/straina Fermentation of carbohydrateb
Adonitol Amigdalin l-Arabinose Arbutin Gentibiose Gluconate Glycerol Inosine 5-keto-gluconate Maltose Mannitol β-Methyl glucoside Ribose Salicine Starch Sucrose d-Xylose
Genotype lactis
    1AA59 + + + w +
    CAS3 + + w + + + + + + +
    L39 + + +
    3AA15 + + w + + + + w +
    2BA36 + + + + w + + + +
    1A38 w + w + + + + w w
    2A83 + + + + + w
    GE-1 + w + + + w + + + w +
    Q1-6 + + w + + +
    4AA10 + w + w + + + + w +
    CECT 185T + w + + + + w
Genotype cremoris
    1AA23 + w + w w + + + + + + + +
    2A22 + w w + w w + + + + + + + +
    2A27 + w + + + + + + + + + +
    2A5 + w + w + + + + + + + +
    3AA23 w + + + + + + + +
    3AA11 + w w w w w + + w + w + +
    3AA9 + w + w w + + + + + w + +
    LC44 + + w w + w + + +
    GE2-14 + w + + w
    4AA28 + + + w + + w
    CECT 967T
a

CECT 185T and CECT 976T are the L. lactis subsp. lactis and L. lactis subsp. cremoris type strains, respectively.

b

All strains fermented glucose, galactose, lactose, and lactulose, and all but L. lactis subps. cremoris CECT 967T fermented cellobiose and trehalose. None of the strains fermented d-arabitol, deoxyribose, doxyglucose, dulcitol, d-fucose, l-fucose, fumarate, galacturonic-lactone, glycogen, inositol, inulin, malinate, malonate, maltitol, mannonic acid lactone, melbionate, melezitose, melibiose, ornithine, palatinose, pyruvate, raffinose, rhamnose, sorbitol, sorbose, tagatose, l-tartrate, or urea under the assay conditions. w, weak reaction.