Persistence of colonization of human colonic mucosa by a probiotic strain, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, after oral consumption

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 351-354

  Alander, Minna ^d   Satokari, Reetta ^d   Korpela, Riitta ^a   Saxelin, Maija ^a   Vilpponen Salmela, Terttu ^b   Mattila Sandholm, Tiina ^d   Von Wright, Atte ^c  

^a VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^b Harjula Hospital   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032954214     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.351-354.1999     Document Type: Article

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