Lactobacilli and azoreductase activity in the murine cecum.
Azoreductase activity in the ceca of mice lacking lactobacilli as members of the normal microflora (reconstituted-lactobacillus-free [RLF] mice) was compared with that of RLF mice whose gastrointestinal tracts were colonized by strains of Lactobacillus delbrueckii and Lactobacillus fermentum. Azoreductase activity was 31% lower in the ceca of mice colonized by lactobacilli.
McConnell
M A
MA
Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Tannock
G W
GW
D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009601:Nitroreductases
D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D009601:Nitroreductases; C021106:azoreductase