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IT has been reported by several authors1–3 that Lactobacillus arabinosus is capable of utilizing L-alloisoleucine as well as L-isoleucine in the presence of vitamin B6 but unable to utilize D-alloisoleucine ; there has been only one report4 that D-isoleucine was partially utilizable.
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CHIBATA, I., YAMADA, S. & ITO, H. Utilization of the Stereoisomers of Isoleucine by Lactobacillus arabinosus 17–5. Nature 189, 144–145 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189144a0
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