Component
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
Context-specific entity; species, compartment and exposure are stated on each claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
Every nutrient with a recorded effect on this component, credited to the nutrient that acted rather than the chapter that recorded it. Open a nutrient to see the findings and the conditions they were measured under.
Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
Where it participates (unsigned role)
E. hallii-related and A. caccae isolates consumed lactate and formed butyrate; coculture with starch-utilizing B. adolescentis removed detectable L-lactate and generated butyrate.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Human-fecal isolates and defined cocultures.
- limitations
- Strain-specific capacity; several other butyrate-producing species did not use lactate.
- nutrient_topic
- Butyrate collection; molecular form, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · Butyrate
- plain_language
- Cooperating bacteria turned lactate from starch fermentation into butyrate.
- primary_references
- Lactate-utilizing bacteria, isolated from human feces, that produce butyrate as a major fermentation product. · 2004 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15466518/ · DOI 10.1128/AEM.70.10.5810-5817.2004
Butyrate: microbial production, fuel use, signaling and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 62–68
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human-fecal isolates and defined cocultures. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## butyrate-lactate-crossfeeding Cooperating bacteria turned lactate from starch fermentation into butyrate. E. hallii-related and A. caccae isolates consumed lactate and formed butyrate; coculture with starch-utilizing B. adolescentis removed detectable L-lactate and generated butyrate. Model: Human-fecal isolates and defined cocultures. Limitations: Strain-specific capacity; several other butyrate-producing species did not use lactate. Evidence access: Primary abstract Lactate-utilizing bacteria, isolated from human feces, that produce butyrate as a major fermentation product. · 2004 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15466518/ · DOI 10.1128/AEM.70.10.5810-5817.2004
Complete structured claim and evidence
The events it takes part in
A mechanism often involves more than two components. These are the full events, with every participant and its role.
Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
Preserved passages that mention this component, quoted exactly. Open one to read it in context.
Open hypotheses
Proposed ideas that involve this component. They are labeled as hypotheses and do not change any recorded statement.
This is a research prototype built from draft material. It is not medical advice, and its statements still await verification against the original studies.