A two-stage continuous culture system to study the effect of supplemental α-lactalbumin and glycomacropeptide on mixed cultures of human gut bacteria challenged with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella serotype Typhimurium

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-53

  Brück, Wolfram M ^a   Graverholt, G ^b   Gibson, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Arla Foods   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; EPEC; Glycomacropeptide; Infant formula; Salmonella; lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST MILK; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CULTURE SYSTEMS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPEC; GLYCOMACROPEPTIDE; INFANT FORMULA; SEROTYPE TYPHIMURIUM; Α-LACTALBUMIN;

SALMONELLA;

ACETIC ACID; ACID; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; BUFFER; GLYCOPROTEIN; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; MILK PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST MILK; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0038725086     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01959.x     Document Type: Article

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