Analyses of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and total bacterial populations in healthy volunteers consuming calcium gluconate by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and real-time PCR

International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Anderson, Kyle ^a   Yu, Zhongtang ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Jenkins, Julie ^a,b   Courtney, Polly ^a,c   Morrison, Mark ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b H J Heinz Company   (United States)

^c H E B Quality Assurance Analytical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Gluconate; Intestinal microbiota; Lactobacillus; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 77958559049     PISSN: 15551431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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