Survival and metabolic activity of the GanedenBC30 strain of Bacillus coagulans in a dynamic in vitro model of the stomach and small intestine

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Maathuis, A J H ^a   Keller, D ^b   Farmer, S ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Ganeden Biotech   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus coagulans; Fructose intolerance; GanedenBC30; Lactose intolerance; Metabolic activity; Probiotic; Survival

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; LACTOSE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH;

BACILLUS; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LACTOSE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBIOTICS; STOMACH;

EID: 79954506335     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2009.0009     Document Type: Article

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