The PTS transporters of Lactobacillus gasseri ATCC 33323

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Table 1 Carbohydrate utilization profiles of various lactobacilli

Carbohydrate	*L. gasseri* ATCC 33323 ^a	*L. gasseri* ATCC 33323 EI::MJM75	*L. gasseri* ADH	*L. gasseri* ATCC 19992
D-galactose	+	-	+	+
D-glucose	+	+	+	+
D-fructose	+	-	+	+
D-mannose	+	-	+	+
N-acetylglucosamine	+	-	+	+
Amygdalin	+	-	-	-
Arbutin	+	-	-	-
Esculin ferric citrate	+	-	+	+
Salicin	+	-	-	-
D-cellobiose	+	-	+	+
D-maltose	+	+	+	+
D-lactose (bovine origin)	+	-	+	+
D-saccharose (sucrose)	+	-	+	+
D-trehalose	+	-	+	+
Amidon (starch)	+	-	+	-
Gentiobiose	+	-	+	+
D-tagatose	+	-	+	+

The carbohydrate utilization profiles of L. gasseri ATCC 33323, L. gasseri ATCC 33323 EI::MJM75, L. gasseri ADH and L. gasseri ATCC 19992 were determined using API 50 CH assays after 48 hours incubation. The ability or inability to utilize carbohydrates is represented by "+" or "-", respectively. The superscript indicates the following: a -- there were no differences among the carbohydrate utilization profiles of L. gasseri ATCC 33323 PTS 15::MJM99, L. gasseri ATCC 33323 PTS 20::MJM100, L. gasseri ATCC 33323 PTS 21::MJM101 and L. gasseri ATCC 33323.

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