Analysis of fecal populations of bifidobacteria and lactobacilli and investigation of the immunological responses of their human hosts to the predominant strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3394-3398

  Kimura, Katsunori ^a   McCartney, Anne L ^a   McConnell, Michelle A ^a   Tannock, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030772494     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3394-3398.1997     Document Type: Article

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