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SUBMITTER: Mizuno K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5643319 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mizuno Kouhei K Mizuno Mamiko M Yamauchi Mio M Takemura Aya J AJ Medrano Romero Veronica V Morikawa Kazuya K
Scientific reports 20171016 1
In certain conditions, members of the Lactobacillus genus are auxotrophs that have fastidious requirements for growth. Notably, Lactobacillus cannot grow in M9 medium, a minimal synthetic medium used for Escherichia coli. However, we found that some Lactobacillus strains can be grown in M9 when co-cultured with E. coli K-12. In the co-culture, L. casei proliferates exponentially, reaching cell densities of 10<sup>8</sup> CFU (colony-forming unit) ml<sup>-1</sup> in 6 h and dominating E. coli in ...[more]