Polysaccharide degradation by human intestinal bacteria during growth under multi-substrate limiting conditions in a three-stage continuous culture system

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-243

  Macfarlane, Sandra ^a   Quigley, M E ^a   Hopkins, M J ^a   Newton, Dorothy F ^a   Macfarlane, G T ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate fermentation; Colonic bacterium; Continuous culture; Large intestine; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; ALPHA N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINIDASE; AMYLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SIALIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031827171     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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