Lactobacillus paracasei A survives gastrointestinal passage and affects the fecal microbiota of healthy infants

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 857-866

  Marzotto, Marta ^a   Maffeis, Claudio ^b   Paternoster, Thomas ^a   Ferrario, Rossano ^c   Rizzotti, Lucia ^a   Pellegrino, Maristella ^b   Dellaglio, Franco ^a   Torriani, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Pediatric Surgical Unit   (Italy)

^c PLADA Industriale Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fermented milk; Gastrointestinal content; Infants; Lactobacillus; PCR DGGE; Probiotic strains

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; FECES MICROFLORA; FERMENTED PRODUCT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; MARKER GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MILK; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI;

EID: 33749517664     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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