yana-notes

Lactobacillus

2023-04-04:

Lactobacillus #


TWK-10 #

  • *Homofermentative, vancomycin resistant organisms with a nomadic lifestyle that ferment a wide range of carbohydrates; most species metabolise phenolic acids by esterase, decarboxylase and reductase activities. L. plantarum expresses pseudocatalase and nitrate reductase activities. *
  • They can respire oxygen and express cytochromes if heme and menaquinone are present in the growth medium. In the absence of heme and menaquinone, oxygen is consumed by NADH-peroxidase with hydrogen peroxide as intermediate and water as end product
  • In place of the protective enzyme superoxide dismutase present in almost all other oxygen-tolerant cells, this organism accumulates millimolar quantities of manganese polyphosphate. Manganese is also used by L. plantarum in a pseudo-catalase to lower reactive oxygen levels. Because the chemistry by which manganese complexes protect the cells from oxygen damage is subverted by iron, these cells contain virtually no iron atoms
  • L. Plantarum produces both L- and D-lactate. Cue: https://raypeatforum.com/community/threads/probiotics-are-dangerous-should-be-regulated-as-drugs.25418/
    • Haidut says it’s okay if it’s in the gut, but small intestine = SIBO and should be sterile, and ideally the Colon as well.
      • I believe L. Plantarum does indeed survive in the GI tract

PS128 #

Bifidobacterium longum OLP-01 #

Not even Lactobacillus but fuck it since this is the TWK10 page.

Dose #

So 3x/daily showed notable gains over 1x. It would make sense to honestly do a megadose at least for a loading period to actually estbalish the strain in your gut, and provide fructo-oligosaccharides all the while, and thereafter to sustain the population indefinitely (theoretically).