Table 2.

Carbon source utilization of the Butyrivibrio strains

Substrate		MB2003	JK615T	B316T
Monosaccharides	Arabinose	++	++	++
	Fructose	–	–	++
	Galactose	++	–	++
	Glucose	++	++	++
	Mannose	–	++	++
	Rhamnose	–	–	++
	Ribose	–	–	–
	Xylose	++	++	++
Disaccharides	Cellobiose	++	++	++
	Lactose	++	++	++
	Maltose	++	++	++
	Melibiose	–	–	+
	Sucrose	++	++	++
Trisaccharides	Melezitose	–	–	++
	Raffinose	–	++	++
	Trehalose	–	–	++
Sugar Alcohols	myo-Inositol	–	–	–
	Mannitol	–	–	+
	Sorbitol	–	–	–
Glycosides	Amygdalin	+	–	++
	Esculin	–	++	++
	Rutin	–	++	++
	Salicin	++	++	++
Insoluble substrates	Cellulose	–	–	–
	Dextrin	–	–	++
	Inulin	+	–	++
	Starch	–	–	++
	Pectin	–	–	++
	Xylan	–	–	++

ΔOD_600nm readings of 0.5–1.0 were scored as ++, 0.2–0.5 scored as +, and 0–0.2 scored as -. Results for B. hungatei JK615^T and B. proteoclasticus B316^T are adapted from Kopečný et al. [19] and Moon et al. [6], respectively