Letter to the editor [1]

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1388-1389

  Makras, L ^a   Falony, G ^a   Van Der Meulen, R ^a   De Vuyst, L ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; FORMIC ACID; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; LACTIC ACID; MANNITOL; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33646582605     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02943.x     Document Type: Letter

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