Deposited As

Lactobacillus
   arabinosusFred et al.

Strain
   Designations

17-5 [BUCSAV
   217, BUCSAV 449, Glaxo 664, ICPB 2080, NCDO 82, NCIB 6376, NCIB 8014, NCIB
   8030]

Application

Assay of amino acids

Assay of biotin

Assay of calcium pantothenate

Assay of niacinamide nicotinamide

Assay of nicotinic acid niacin

Assay of pantothenic acid

Assay of tryptophan L-tryptophan

Metabolizes mevalonic acid

Produces lactic acid lactate

Quality control strain

Produces lactic acid from coconut water

Food testing

Pharmaceutical and Personal Care

Bacteriophage host

Synthesis of ribitol teichoic acids

Energy-producing pathways

Biosafety
   Level

1

Type Strain

no

Comments

Each NCIB
   culture from a different depositor

Accumulation
   of biotin

D-biotin
   conversion and metabolism

Biotin
   transport and accumulation

Formation of
   acetylmethylcarbinol

Effect of
   pantothenate derivatives on growth and coenzyme-A synthesis

Sulfur
   nutrition

Nitrate
   reduction

Effect of
   oleic acid on free biotin uptake

Ribitol-5-phosphate
   dehydrogenase

DNA base
   composition (45.1 moles % GC)

References

AACC
   Niacin--microbiological method. St. Paul, MN, 1999

Arch. Biochem.
   16: 357-360, 1948.

Costilow RN, Humphreys TW. Nitrate
   reduction by certain strains of Lactobacillus plantarum. Science 121: 168,
   1955. PubMed:13225760