Polydextrose, lactitol, and fructo-oligosaccharide fermentation by colonic bacteria in a three-stage continuous culture system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4505-4511

  Probert, Hollie M ^a   Apajalahti, Juha H A ^c   Rautonen, Nina ^c   Stowell, Julian ^b   Gibson, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Danisco Sweeteners   (United Kingdom)

^c Danisco Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUBSTRATES;

LACTITOL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTOOLIGOACCHARIDE; LACTITOL; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYDEXTROSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL COUNT; COLON FLORA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THREE STAGE CONTINUOUS CULTURE SYSTEM;

BACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLON; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GLUCANS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUGAR ALCOHOLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 4143084885     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4505-4511.2004     Document Type: Article

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