In vitro utilization of amylopectin and high-amylose maize (amylomaize) starch granules by human colonic bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4848-4854

  Wang, Xin ^a   Conway, Patricia Lynne ^b   Brown, Ian Lewis ^c   Evans, Anthony John ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Starch Australasia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EUBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; EUBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032731669     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4848-4854.1999     Document Type: Article

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