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Mannitol production by lactic acid bacteria: a review

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Wisselink, H.W, Weusthuis, R.A, Eggink, G, Hugenholtz, J, Grobben, G.J·2002·International Dairy Journal

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Mannitol is a polyol or sugar alcohol that is produced by several organisms. Mannitol is assumed to have several beneficial effects, as an antioxidant (protection against oxidative damage by oxygen radicals) and as a non-metabolizable sweetener. Mannitol can therefore be applied to foods leading to health-promoting effects (functional foods). Mannitol-producing lactic acid bacteria may directly be applied in the manufacture of foods and this may lead to fermented food products with an extra nutritional value. In this article, the production of mannitol by lactic acid bacteria is reviewed. Several heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria produce mannitol in large amounts, using fructose as an electron acceptor, whereas homofermentative lactic acid bacteria only produce small amounts of mannitol, often only when the bacteria are defective in lactate dehydrogenase activity. The physiology, pathways and genetics of mannitol production in both homofermentative and heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria are presented and discussed.

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  • In general, the homofermentative lactic acid bacteria will only produce small amounts of mannitol, whereas some heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria produce and export substantial amounts of mannitol.

    “In general, the homofermentative lactic acid bacteria will only produce small amounts of mannitol, whereas some heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria produce and export substantial amounts of mannitol (Wisselink et al. 2002).”

    From Yeast and bacterial modulation of wine aroma and flavour (2005) · cites this paper as Wisselink et al. 2002

    The indexed copy’s Abstract says several heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria produce large amounts of mannitol, while homofermentative bacteria produce only small amounts. It does not say that the heterofermentative bacteria export the mannitol, so that part of the attributed claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Mannitol can serve as a sole carbon source for the homofermentative lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus plantarum.

    “Mannitol can serve as a sole carbon source for the homofermentative lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus plantarum (Davis et al. 1988, Liu et al. 1995, Wisselink et al. 2002).”

    From Yeast and bacterial modulation of wine aroma and flavour (2005) · cites this paper as Wisselink et al. 2002

    The available passages are bibliographic information and do not address whether Lactobacillus plantarum can use mannitol as its sole carbon source. Searches for that claim, including “sole carbon source” and mannitol utilization, returned no relevant passage from the paper. (LLM, conf=0.70)

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Authors
Wisselink, H. W., Weusthuis, R. A., Eggink, G., Hugenholtz, J., & Grobben, G. J.
Affiliations
  • Wageningen University & Research (NL)
  • Nederlands Instituut Voor Zuivel Oonderzoek (NL)
Corresponding author
Wisselink, H.W
Venue
International Dairy Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2002-01
Volume
12
Issue
2-3
Pages
151-161
ISSN
0958-6946 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2005095645
Cited by
396
References
78
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Dairy Journal (publishedVersion)
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
Keywords
mannitol production, lactic acid bacteria, sugar alcohols, functional foods, antioxidant activity, heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria, homofermentative lactic acid bacteria, fermentation pathways, fermented foods

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