Stability of species composition of fecal bifidobacteria in human subjects during fermented milk administration

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 368-373

  Saito, Yasuo ^a   Hamanaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Saito, Kazuyo ^a   Takizawa, Satoru ^a   Benno, Yoshimi ^b  

^a Glico Dairy Products Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; AMMONIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTED PRODUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; MALE; MILK; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FECES; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; POSIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

ADULT; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; PROBIOTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036584933     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0012-x     Document Type: Article

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