Influence of Bifidobacterium longum BB536 intake on faecal microbiota in individuals with Japanese cedar pollinosis during the pollen season

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1301-1308

  Odamaki, Toshitaka ^a   Xiao, Jin Zhong ^a   Iwabuchi, Noriyuki ^a   Sakamoto, Mitsuo ^b   Takahashi, Noritoshi ^a   Kondo, Shizuki ^a   Miyaji, Kazuhiro ^a   Iwatsuki, Keiji ^a   Togashi, Hideo ^c   Enomoto, Tadao ^d   Benno, Yoshimi ^b  

^a MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO LTD   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c Togashi Clinic   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS WAKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; JAPANESE CEDAR; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH SECRETION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CEDRUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROBIOTICS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 36148935633     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47306-0     Document Type: Article

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