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. 2017 Mar 7;10:1178623X17694346. doi: 10.1177/1178623X17694346

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of lactose metabolism in urine.

Escherichia coli produces lactate, acetate, succinate, and ethanol through lactose metabolism. Lactate is the specific product in lactose metabolism by E coli; other bacilli (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, K pneumoniae, etc) do not produce lactate in urine.71