Overview of gut flora and probiotics

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-101

  Holzapfel, Wilhelm H ^a   Haberer, Petra ^a   Snel, Johannes ^b   Schillinger, Ulrich ^a   Huis In'T Veld, Jos H J ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Functional properties; Gastro intestinal tract; Lactobacilli; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCIENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032568620     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(98)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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