Comparative effects of exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria and fructo-oligosaccharides on infant gut microbiota tested in an in vitro colonic model with immobilized cells

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-238

  Cinquin, Cécile ^a   Le Blay, Gwenaëlle ^b,c   Fliss, Ismaïl ^a   Lacroix, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Institute of Food Science and Nutrition   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell immobilization; Exopolysaccharides; Fructo oligosaccharides; Infant; Microbiota; Three stage in vitro colon model

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERMENTATION; INOCULATION; ORGANIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMOSTAT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLON; FECES; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; INOCULATION; INTESTINE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; COLON; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 33745789622     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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