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Fermentation of native and processed starches by the porcine caecal anaerobe Clostridium butyricum (NCIMB 7423)
Author(s) -
Reid C.A.,
Hillman K.,
Henderson C.,
Glass H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03209.x
Subject(s) - amylopectin , fermentation , clostridium butyricum , starch , digestion (alchemy) , amylase , food science , resistant starch , chemistry , clostridium , biochemistry , industrial fermentation , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , enzyme , chromatography , amylose , genetics
Starch fermentation by the porcine caecal anaerobe Clostridium butyricum was examined using gas and volatile fatty acid production as determinants of activity. Potato starch and amylopectin were studied in their native form as well as after retrogradation, which should render them resistant to pancreatic α‐amylase digestion. Fermentation of both substrates was enhanced by pancreatin digestion of the native material, possibly due to the removal or disruption of part of the structure of the starch by the pancreatic enzymes. However, pancreatic digestion of retrograded potato starch apparently reduced the amount available for bacterial fermentation, whereas no significant effect was observed with amylopectin. The data suggests that starches which are high in amylopectin would be more likely to influence fermentation in the large intestine in monogastric animals, and that the presence of residual pancreatic enzymes in the lower gut could potentially enhance starch fermentation by this micro‐organism.