B. LONGUM HAS NO AEROBIC OR ANAEROBIC RESPIRATORY COMPONENTS CONFIRMING IT IS A STRICT FERMENTATIVE ANAEROBE.
* B.LONGUM HAS THREE OTHER PREDICTED PROTEINS, APART FROM NADH OXIDASE, NADH PEROXIDASE, LOW SOD, THAT REVERSE OXIDATIVE DAMAGE TO PROTEINS AND LIPIDS: THIOL PEROXIDASE, ALKYL HYDROPEROXIDE REDUCTASE (AHPC), AND PEPTIDE METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE.
* B. LONGUM HAS AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF GENES ASSOCIATED WITH OLIGOSACCHARIDE METABOLISM, COMPRISING >8% OF THE GENOME.
* PRODUCES L-LACTIC ACID, WELL TOLERATED BY CHILDREN.