The effect of the novel bifidogenic trisaccharide, neokestose, on the human colonic microbiota

Kilian, S., Kritzinger, S., Rycroft, C., Gibson, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 and James, d. P. (2002) The effect of the novel bifidogenic trisaccharide, neokestose, on the human colonic microbiota. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 18 (7). pp. 637-644. ISSN 0959-3993 doi: 10.1023/A:1016808015630

Abstract/Summary

The potential prebiotic effect of the fructo-trisaccharide, neokestose, on intestinal bacteria was investigated. Bifidobacterium sp. utilized neokestose to a greater extend and produced more biomass from neokestose than facultative anaerobes under anaerobic conditions in batch culture. Lactobacillus salivarius utilized glucose but negligible amounts of neokestose. L. salivarius and the facultative anaerobes produced significantly more biomass from glucose than from neokestose, whereas the biomass yields obtained with bifidobacteria on neokestose and glucose, respectively, were not significantly different. Static batch cultures inoculated with faeces supported the prebiotic effect of neokestose, which had been observed in the pure culture investigations. Bifidobacteria and lactobacilli were increased while potentially detrimental coliforms, clostridia and bacteroides, decreased after 24 h fermentation with neokestose. In addition, this effect was more pronounced with neokestose than with a commercial prebiotic fructo-oligosaccharide. It was concluded that neokestose has potential as a novel bifidogenic substance and that it might have advantages over the commercially available sources currently used.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Microbial Sciences Research Group
Publisher	Kluwer
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