Food and Fermentation Industries

The research progress on molecular mechanisms mediating fructooligosaccharides metabolism by lactic acid bacteria

  • CHEN Chen ,
  • ZHOU Fang-fang ,
  • REN Jing ,
  • AI Lian-zhong ,
  • CHEN Wei
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Online published: 2013-10-25

Abstract

Fructooligosaccharides( FOS) have the ability to regulate the human intestinal flora,stimulating the growth and activity of certain strains of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium,but the molecular basis behind this is strainspecific. For further understanding the mechanism of FOS utilization by lactic acid bacteria,the transporters and the fructosidases which are responsible for FOS metabolism and the related regulation modes were summarized. The tendencies of future research and development were also forecasted.

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CHEN Chen , ZHOU Fang-fang , REN Jing , AI Lian-zhong , CHEN Wei . The research progress on molecular mechanisms mediating fructooligosaccharides metabolism by lactic acid bacteria[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2013 , 39(10) : 156 -160 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.2013.10.001

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