Biological activity of Bifidobacterium longum in response to environmental pH

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 612-617

  Garro, Marisa S ^a   Aguirre, Laura ^a,b   Savoy De Giori, Graciela ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Tucuman UNT Facultad de Medicina   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH; REDUCTION; SACCHARIFICATION;

Β-GLUCOSIDASE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PH; MRS-RAFFINOSE;

BACTERIA;

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RAFFINOSE;

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; ORGANIC ACID; PH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENT; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RAFFINOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

EID: 33645726689     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0102-y     Document Type: Article

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