Özcan, TulayYılmaz-Ersan, LutfiyeAkpınar-Bayızıt, ArzuÖzcan, ÖzgeDelikanlı-Kıyak, BerrakÖzyürek, Merve BegümTeksoy, Şengül2024-07-222024-07-222020-01-011018-4619https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/20210092331https://hdl.handle.net/11452/43369Prebiotics are included in many food formulations, especially in dairy products, in order to promote the growth of probiotics along with improvement of the nutritional quality. In this study, the ability of Bifidobacterium bifidum to ferment mushroom extracts as a potential prebiotic substrate was investigated. It was found that B. bifidum employed in the current work was able to ferment selected mushroom extracts.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessFunctional foodsBeta-glucansProbioticsMicrobiotaBifidobacterium bifidumProbioticPrebioticMushroomScience & technologyLife sciences & biomedicineEnvironmental sciencesArticle000517349200020145214582931610-2304