Spore-forming bacteria and their utilisation as probiotics

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Bader, J ^a   Albin, A ^a   Stahl, U ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacterial spores; Clostridium; Food

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ACID; CYTOKINE;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SECRETION; STOMACH;

ACIDS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BACILLUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYTOKINES; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STOMACH;

EID: 84862255122     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2011.0039     Document Type: Review

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