Breakdown of psyllium hydrocolloid by strains of Bacterioides ovatus from the human intestinal tract.
Strains of Bacteroides ovatus from human feces produced extracellular enzymes which degraded psyllium hydrocolloid. Other species of saccharolytic bacteria which are found in high concentrations in human feces did not degrade psyllium.
D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002474:Cell-Free System; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011620:Psyllium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
D011620:Psyllium