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<journal-id>1665-1456</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Biotecnia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Biotecnia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-1456</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Sonora, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1665-14562025000100135</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18633/biotecnia.v27.2550</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Evaluation of a minimal prickly pear-based medium for the growth of Lactobacillus spp.]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación de un medio mínimo a base de nopal para el crecimiento de Lactobacillus spp.]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Navarro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia Mercedes]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Angulo-Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabiola]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reyes-Escogido]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María de Lourdes]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Guanajuato Division of Health Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[León Guanajuato]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-14562025000100135&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-14562025000100135&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-14562025000100135&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the potential of dehydrated wild prickly pear (Opuntia robusta) for the growth of Lactobacillus spp. A minimal medium based on prickly pear and peptone (NPM) was formulated and separately inoculated with five Lactobacillus strains. Growth kinetics were performed to determine growth, total sugar consumption, pH behavior, and lactic acid production compared with a commercial culture medium (MRS). Results show that NPM provides the minimum substrates necessary for the growth of the strains evaluated. L. fermentum 634 was the most efficient, reaching an OD630 of 0.7667±0.0527 and 1.0639±0.0616 in NPM and MRS, respectively. Notably, no lag phase (&#955; = 0) was observed in NPM, suggesting rapid bacterial adaptation, while in MRS, L. fermentum 634 presented a lag phase of 1.137 h. The generation time in NPM (2.67 h) was comparable to that in MRS (2.31 h), indicating efficient bacterial replication. These results suggest that dehydrated prickly pear could serve as a foundation for formulating culture media. This can be enhanced by incorporating specific substrates necessary for bacteria, optimizing sustainable and economical industrial fermentation processes.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el potencial del nopal silvestre deshidratado (Opuntia robusta) para el crecimiento de Lactobacillus spp. Se formuló un medio mínimo a base de nopal y peptona (NPM) el cual fue inoculado por separado con las cinco cepas de Lactobacillus. Se realizaron cinéticas en las cuales se determinaron el crecimiento, el consumo de azúcares totales, el comportamiento del pH y la producción de ácido láctico, comparando con el medio de cultivo comercial (MRS). Los resultados muestran que el medio NPM proporciona los sustratos mínimos necesarios para el crecimiento de las cepas evaluadas, siendo L. fermentum 634 la más eficiente, alcanzando una OD630 de 0.7667 ± 0.0527 y 1.0639 ± 0.0616 en NPM y MRS respectivamente. Notablemente, no se observó fase de latencia (&#955; = 0) en NPM, lo que sugiere una rápida adaptación bacteriana, mientras que en MRS L. fermentum 634 presentó una fase de latencia de 1.137 h. El tiempo de generación en NPM (2.67 h) fue comparable al de MRS (2.31 h), lo que indica una replicación bacteriana eficiente. Estos resultados sugieren que el nopal puede utilizarse como base para la formulación de medios de cultivo, los cuales pueden mejorarse añadiendo sustratos específicos requeridos por las bacterias, con el fin de optimizar procesos de fermentación industrial sostenibles y económicos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lactobacillus spp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Wild prickly pear]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[O. robusta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Minimal medium]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lactobacillus spp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nopal silvestre]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[O. robusta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[medio mínimo]]></kwd>
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