Circulation of a solution of 1 M D-fucose and 1 M D-glucose through a reaction system consisting of serial columns of immobilized recombinant beta-D-glucosidase of Bifidobacterium breve clb and activated charcoal gave two oligosaccharides. Structural analysis identified these oligosaccharides as D-fucosylglucose (6-O-beta-D-Fucopyranosyl-D-glucose) and gentiobiose (6-O-beta-D-Glucopyranosyl-D-glucose). The D-fucosylglucose obtained was well assimilated by many Bifidobacteria but not by the other intestinal bacteria tested.
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Nunoura et al. (1997) studied this question.