Effects of the consumption of heat-killed Enterococcus faecalis EC-12 preparation on microbiota and metabolic activity of the faeces in healthy adults

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 188-194

  Terada, Atsushi ^a   Bukawa, Wakoto ^b   Kan, Tatsuhiko ^b   Mitsuoka, Tomotari ^c  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Combi Corporation   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis EC 21; Faecal metabolic products; Faecal microbiota; Heat killed bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; INDOLE; LACTIC ACID; PARA CRESOL; PHENOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; SULFIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUBACTERIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLA; VOLUNTEER; WATER CONTENT; WEIGHT; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 11244274411     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600410017346     Document Type: Article

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