The probiotic content of commercial yogurts in West Virginia

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 522-527

  Dunlap, Brian S ^a   Yu, Hongwei ^a   Elitsur, Yoram ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Nutrition; Probiotics; Yogurt

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GRAM STAINING; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS; WEST VIRGINIA; YOGURT;

EID: 65949107852     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809331802     Document Type: Article

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