Sugar fermentation in probiotic bacteria - An in vitro study

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 482-485

  Hedberg, M ^a   Hasslof P ^b   Sjostrom I ^b   Twetman, S ^c   Stecksen Blicks C ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Caries; Fermentation; Lactobacilli; Probiotics; Sugar

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; MELIBIOSE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RAFFINOSE; SORBITOL; SUGAR; SUGAR ALCOHOL;

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT;

ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 53949085940     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2008.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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