Starch utilization by Bacteroides ovatus isolated from the human large intestine

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 290-296

  Degnan, Beverley A ^a   Macfarlane, Sandra ^a   Quigley, M E ^a   Macfarlane, G T ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CULTURE MEDIUM; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BACTEROIDES; BETA-AMYLASE; FECES; FERMENTATION; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE, LARGE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES OVATUS; OVATUS;

EID: 0030938523     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900184     Document Type: Article

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