Changes in fecal microflora induced by intubation of mice with Bacillus subtilis (natto) spores are dependent upon dietary components

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-66

  Hosoi, Tomohiro ^a,b   Ametani, Akio ^b   Kiuchi, Kan ^c   Kaminogawa, Shuichi ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan College of Technology   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis (natto); Dietary components; Intestinal microflora; Lactobacillus; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; STARCH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES MICROFLORA; GERMINATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTUBATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CASEINS; DIET; EGG WHITE; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROBIOTICS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033018844     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-45-1-59     Document Type: Article

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