Coculture fermentations of bifidobacterium species and bacteroides thetaiotaomicron reveal a mechanistic insight into the prebiotic effect of inulin-type fructans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2312-2319

  Falony, Gwen ^a   Calmeyn, Thomas ^a   Leroy, Frédéric ^a   De Vuyst, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BIFIDOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BREAK DOWNS; BREAKDOWN MECHANISMS; CO CULTURES; DEGRADATION RATES; ENERGY SOURCES; FERMENTATION MEDIUMS; FRUCTAN DEGRADATIONS; FRUCTANS; OLIGO FRUCTOSE; PREBIOTIC; PREBIOTIC EFFECTS; PROMOTING EFFECTS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

STRAIN;

FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THETAIOTAOMICRON; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY RESOURCE; FERMENTATION; FRUCTOSE METABOLISM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SUGAR INTAKE;

BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERMENTATION; FRUCTANS; INULIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANGULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

EID: 64749099436     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02649-08     Document Type: Article

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