Detection of mannitol formation by bacteria.
A test is described by means of which formation of mannitol from fructose by lactic acid bacteria can be readily detected. The test is based on removal of interference of residual fructose by dehydration with hydrochloric acid followed by thin-layer chromatography.
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005632:Fructose / Q000378:metabolism; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid; D007777:Lactobacillaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000378:metabolism; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000378:metabolism; D008353:Mannitol / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D005632:Fructose; D008353:Mannitol; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid