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. 2015 Aug 18;6:825. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00825

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Schematic representation of the main metabolic pathways affected by the availability of carbohydrates added to the culture medium (glucose, EPS E44, and EPS R1) during growth of B. fragilis. Production ratios of enzymes catalyzing different steps in the presence of EPS with respect to glucose are indicated by cylindrical bars. Fold changes in the expression of genes in the presence of EPS with respect to glucose are indicated by rectangular bars. Black bars, glucose; dark gray bars, EPS E44; light gray bars, EPS R1. Ratios greater than sevenfold are shown with a height break. Enzymes: (1) pyruvate phosphate dikinase, (2) PEP carboxykinase, (3) pyruvate carboxylase, (4) malate dehydrogenase, (5) methyl-malonylCoA mutase, (6) diaminopimelate dehydrogenase, (7) acetolactate synthase, (8) ketol-acid reductoisomerase, (9) transketolase, (10) NADPH-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase. 2KG, 2-oxoglutarate; Glu, glutamate; PEP, phosphoenolpyruvate.