TITLE:
Chapter 4: Menaquinones, Bacteria, and Foods: Vitamin K2 in the Diet
AUTHORS:
Barbara Walther and Magali Chollet
LINK:
THE ENTIRE BOOK: https://www.intechopen.com/books/vitamin-k2-vital-for-health-and-wellbeing
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology » “Vitamin K2 – Vital for Health and Wellbeing”, book edited by Jan Oxholm Gordeladze, ISBN 978-953-51-3020-8, Print ISBN 978-953-51-3019-2, Published: March 22, 2017 under CC BY 3.0 license. © The Author(s).
Table 2. Menaquinone-producing bacteria in fermented food.
| Species/subspecies | Food use |
| Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis and Lactococcus lactisssp. cremoris |
Cheese, buttermilk, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, kefir, yogurt |
| Lactococcus raffinolactis | Cheese |
| Leuconostoc lactis | Cheese |
| Leuconostoc mesenteroides | Vegetables, dairy |
| Brevibacterium linens | Cheese |
| Hafnia alvei | Cheese |
| Staphylococcus xylosus | Dairy, sausage |
| Staphylococcus equorum | Dairy, meat |
| Arthrobacter nicotianae | Cheese |
| Bacillus subtilis “natto” | Natto (fermented soybean) |
| Propionibacterium shermanii | Cheese |
| Propionibacterium freudenreichii | Cheese |
TABLE 1
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