UTILIZATION OF SODIUM CASEINATE BYLACTOBACILLUS CASEI

Abstract
Unhydrolyzed sodium caseinate, sodium α-caseinate, and sodium β-caseinate were utilized as sources of amino acids by five strains of Lactobacillus casei. Cysteine stimulated utilization of these proteins and, in its presence, the amount of growth was essentially the same with unhydrolyzed or enzymatically hydrolyzed sodium caseinate.