Method for production of a growth factor for Bifidobacterium sp.
AssigneeUnitika Ltd.
InventorsMunehiko Dombou, Isao Tomioka, Ryoichi Tsurutani, Senji Kitabatake, Hiroshi Nakajima
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Abstract
A method of producing a growth promoting factor for Bifidobacterium species from lactose which comprises contacting lactose with resting cells of a lactose-utilizing yeast strain having activity to rearrange lactose to galacto-oligosaccharides.
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A method of producing a growth promoting factor for Bifidobacterium species from lactose which comprises contacting lactose with resting cells of a lactose-utilizing yeast strain having activity to rearrange lactose to galacto-oligosaccharides and which is a member selected from the group consisting of Rhodotorula lactosa, Pichia polymorpha, Kluyveromyces lactis, Debaryomyces cantarellii, Candida curvata, Torulopsis candida, Trichosporon pullulans, Lipomyces lipofer, Bullera alba, and Brettanomyces anomalus.
A method of producing a growth promoting factor for Bifidobacterium species from lactose which comprises contacting lactose with resting cells of a lactose-utilizing yeast strain having activity to rearrange lactose to galacto-oligosaccharides, wherein said yeast strain is Lipomyces NKD-14 (FERM UP-1456).
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