Short Fractions of Oligofructose Are Preferentially Metabolized by Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1923-1930

  Van Der Meulen, Roel ^a   Avonts, Lazlo ^a   De Vuyst, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; FERMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OLIGOMERS; REACTION KINETICS;

ENERGY SOURCES; FORMIC ACID;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FORMIC ACID; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; INULIN; LACTOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOFRUCTOSE; OLIGOMER; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS DN 173 010; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN;

ACETIC ACID; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; FRUCTANS; KINETICS; LACTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 15544375065     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.1923-1930.2004     Document Type: Article

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