Quantitative real-time PCR analysis of fecal Lactobacillus species in infants receiving a prebiotic infant formula

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2359-2365

  Haarman, Monique ^a   Knol, Jan ^a  

^a NUMICO RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENZYMES; NEONATAL MONITORING;

LACTOBACILLUS SPECIES; NUCLEASE ASSAYS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PCR ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA;

PREBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM; INFANT FEEDING; MILK;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATOPY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; INFANT FEEDING; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 33646098415     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2359-2365.2006     Document Type: Article

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