Association of beta-glucan endogenous production with increased stress tolerance of intestinal lactobacilli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 500-507

  Stack, Helena M ^a   Kearney, Niamh ^a,b   Stanton, Catherine ^a,c   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^b,c   Ross, R Paul ^a,c  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID STRESS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BETA-GLUCANS; BROTH MEDIA; CONTROL STRAIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; GASTROINTESTINAL STRESS; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; HEAT STRESS; PEDIOCOCCUS; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; RECOMBINANT STRAINS; SEM; SIMULATED GASTRIC JUICE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRESS TOLERANCE; SUGAR NUCLEOTIDES;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; GLUCOSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THERMAL STRESS; VISCOSITY;

STRAIN;

BETA GLUCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; HEAT SHOCK; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURVIVAL; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; BILE; GENETICS; HEAT; INTESTINE; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BETA-GLUCANS; BILE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; PEDIOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 75249086564     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01524-09     Document Type: Article

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