Cholesterol assimilation by lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria isolated from the human gut

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4689-4693

  Pereira, Dora I A ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHOLESTEROL;

BIFIDOBACTERIA; FECAL MATERIAL;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHOLESTEROL; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; BILE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BILE; CHOLESTEROL; CULTURE MEDIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036731780     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.9.4689-4693.2002     Document Type: Article

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