Adhesion of four Bifidobacterium strains to human intestinal mucus from subjects in different age groups

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-64

  Ouwehand, Arthur C ^a   Isolauri, Erika ^b   Kirjavainen, Pirkka V ^a   Salminen, Seppo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Age effect; Bifidobacterium; Mucus

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS;

EID: 0033032723     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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