Acid production from Lycasin®, maltitol, sorbitol and xylitol by oral streptococci and lactobacilli
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 35 (5), 257-263
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016357709019801
Abstract
The acid production from maltitol was compared with the acid production from hydrogenated starch hydrolysate (Lycasin®), sorbitol and xylitol by a number of oral strains and reference strains of Streptococcus mutatis, S. sanguis, S. salivarius, S. mitior, S. milleri, S. faecalis, S. faecium, S. avium, Lactobacillus casei and L. salivarius. the polyols were added to a final concentration of 1.0% to two different basal media. Incubation was performed at 37°C for 7 days after which the pH was recorded. Maltitol was fermented only by the lactobacilli (about two thirds of the strains). Lycasin® was fermented by all strains of S. faecalis, more than 90% of the lactobacilli, about half of the S. sanguis strains, about one third of the S. mutans strains, and by a few other streptococcal strains. Acid production from sorbitol was observed among more than 80% of the S. mutans strains and the S. faecalis strains and most of the lactobacilli strains. Sorbitol-fermenting strains of S. sanguis and of S. mitior, all isolated from sorbitol-consumers, were observed. No other sorbitol-fermenting streptococci were found. Only the reference strains L. salivarius subsp. salivarius ATCC 11741 and S. avium ATCC 14025 fermented xylitol.Keywords
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