A computer-controlled system to simulate conditions of the large intestine with peristaltic mixing, water absorption and absorption of fermentation products

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-114

  Minekus, M ^a   Smeets Peeters, M ^a   Havenaar, R ^a   Bernalier, A ^b   Fonty, G ^b   Marol Bonnin, S ^c   Alric, M ^c   Marteau, P ^d   Huis In't Veld, J H J ^e  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^d Hopital Laennec   (France)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LACTOBACILLUS; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; WATER ABSORPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033491174     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051622     Document Type: Article

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