Figure 1.
Selection of Lactobacillus species and strains with high monosaccharide consumption rates. Sugar consumption rates of bacteria (108 CFU) were measured in the presence of (A) 2% glucose or (B) 6% monosaccharide mixture. Bar graphs show means+SDs of consumption rates from three individual experiments. Bifidobacterium animalis subsp lactis CP-9, which has been shown to be a low-efficiency glucose utilizer, served as an experimental control. Statistical analyses were performed for each Lactobacillus species mentioned in the text; only strains that consumed higher amounts of glucose are shown; *p<0.05, **p<0.01.