ABSTRACT
CONTENTS 18.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 386 18.2 Metabolic Pathways ............................................................................................ 387
18.2.1 Sugar Transport ..................................................................................... 387 18.2.1.1 Lactose Transport .................................................................. 387 18.2.1.2 Hexose Transport .................................................................. 387
18.2.2 Metabolism: Metabolites Produced ....................................................... 388 18.2.2.1 Glycolysis (Homofermentative Pathway) ............................... 388 18.2.2.2 Pentose Phosphate Pathway (Heterofermentative Pathway) ... 389 18.2.2.3 Fructose-6P Shuttle (Bi dus Pathway) .................................. 389 18.2.2.4 Galactose Catabolism: Leloir and Tagatose-6P Pathways ...... 390 18.2.2.5 Alternative Pathways from Pyruvate
(Mix Acid Fermentation) .......................................................391 18.2.2.6 Propionate Production by Propionibacterium ........................393
