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. 2014 Nov 1;17(11):1170–1176. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2013.3052

Table 2.

Sugar Fermentation Characteristics of Strains with Excellent SAMe Production

Carbohydrate C1-5 C2-1 C3-2 C4-1 C4-3 C5-1 C6-4
Control
Glycerol ND + ++ + ++ ++ ++
Erythritol ND +
D-arabinose ND +
L-arabinose ++ ++
Ribose + + + + +
D-xylose ND +
L-xylose ND
Adonitol ND
Methyl-B-xylopyranoside ND +
Galactose ND + + + + +
Glucose ND ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Fructose ND ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Mannose ND ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Sorbose ND +
Rhamnose ND
Dulcitol ND
Inocitol ND ++ + ++
Mannotol ++ ++ ++
Sorbitol ++ ++ ++
Methyl-α-D-mannopyranoside ND +
Methyl-α-D-glucoside ND + + ++ +
N-acetyl-glucosamine ND ++ + + + ++ +
Amygdalin ND ++ + + + ++
Arbutin ND ++ ++
Esculin ND ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Salicin ND ++ + + ++
Cellobiose ND ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Maltose ND ++ + + + ++ ++
Lactose + + + ++
Melibiose ND + +
Sucrose ND ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Trehalose + ++ + ++ + ++ ++
Inulin +
Melezitose ND
Raffinose + + +
Starch
Glycogen
Xylitol ND +
Gentiobiose ND ++ +
D-turanose ND +
D-lyxose ND
D-tagatose ND + +
D-fucose ND
L-fucose ND
D-arabitol ND
L-arabitol ND
Gluconate ND
2-keto-gluconate ND +
5-keto-gluconate ND

ND, not detected; ++ , strong positive; +, positive; −, negative.