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. 1978 Mar;24(3):336-8.
doi: 10.1139/m78-057.

Breakdown of psyllium hydrocolloid by strains of Bacterioides ovatus from the human intestinal tract

Breakdown of psyllium hydrocolloid by strains of Bacterioides ovatus from the human intestinal tract

A A Salyers et al. Can J Microbiol. 1978 Mar.

Abstract

Strains of Bacteroides ovatus from human feces produced extracellular enzymes which degraded psyllium hydrocolloid. Other species of saccharolytic bacteria which are found in high concentrations in human feces did not degrade psyllium.

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