title: Fermentation of chicory fructo-oligosaccharides in mixtures of different degrees of polymerization by three strains of bifidobacteria.
abstract: We estimated and compared the action of three selected strains of bifidobacteria in a semi-synthetic medium for different degrees of polymerization of fructo-oligosaccharides contained in three commercial products derived from chicory inulin: Fibrulose F97 (shorter chains), Fibruline Instant (native chains), Fibruline LC (longer chains). Biomass and production of lactate and acetate were greater when the substrate contained mostly shorter chain fructo-oligosaccharides. Shorter chains were first to be consumed, and one strain could use longer chains. As the degree of polymerization increased, residual fructo-oligosaccharides increased after growth of the strains, and the rate of consumption of fructo-oligosaccharides decreased.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie des Bactéries Gram+, Université Henri Poincaré-Nancy I, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perrin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fougnies
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Grill
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000032:analysis; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D018651:Cichorium intybus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D005285:Fermentation; D007444:Inulin / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D001704:Biopolymers; D003470:Culture Media; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D010936:Plant Extracts; C116580:fructooligosaccharide; D019344:Lactic Acid; D007444:Inulin