An in vitro study of the probiotic potential of a bile-salt-hydrolyzing Lactobacillus fermentum strain, and determination of its cholesterol-lowering properties

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4743-4752

  Pereira, Dora I A ^a   McCartney, Anne L ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHOLESTEROL; METABOLISM;

IN VITRO SYSTEMS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; BILE SALT; BUTYRIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GALACTOSE; LACTIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONJUGATION; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DECONJUGATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROLYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; MICROBIOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041528244     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4743-4752.2003     Document Type: Article

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