Table 1.
Non-exhaustive list of organisms that are able to grow or not to grow in the presence of xylitol, or that have the capacity to metabolize xylitol in vitro or not.
| Organisms Reported to Grow on Xylitol |
Reference | Organisms Reported Not to Grow on Xylitol |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaerostipes hadrus (strain dependent), A. caccae | [27] | Lactobacillus plantarum 299v, L. plantarum 931, L. rhamnosus GG, L. rhamnosus LB21, L. paracasei F19, L. reuteri PTA5289 | [35] |
| Bifidobacterium lactis 1100, B. lactis Bb-12, B. longum 913, B. lactis 420, L. acidophilus NCFM, L. casei 921, L. casei Shirota, L. bulgaricus 365, L. johnsonii LA1, L. paracasei F19, L. plantarum 299v, L. reuteri SD2112, L. rhamnosus GG, L. rhamnosus, Lc-705, Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt | [36] | ||
| L. plantarum 299v, L. reuteri DSM17938 | [37] | ||
| Coprococcus catus, Eubacterium halli, E. limosum, E. rectale, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Megasphera elsedenii, Ruminococcus faecis, R. hominis, R. intestinalis, R. inulinivoruans | [27] | ||
| S. pneumoniae | |||
| S. mutans, S. salivarius, S. sanguis | |||
| Candida albicans, S. mutans | [38] | ||
| Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa |