Effect of galactooligosaccharides and Bifidobacterium animalis Bb-12 on growth of Lactobacillus amylovorus DSM 16698, microbial community structure, and metabolite production in an in vitro colonic model set up with human or pig microbiota

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-123

  Martinez, Rafael C R ^a,b   Cardarelli, Haíssa R ^a   Borst, Wendy ^c   Albrecht, Simone ^b   Schols, Henk ^b   Gutiérrez, Odette P ^b   Maathuis, Annet J H ^c   de Melo Franco, Bernadette D G ^a   De Martinis, Elaine C P ^a   Zoetendal, Erwin G ^b   Venema, Koen ^c   Saad, Susana M I ^a   Smidt, Hauke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene targeted qPCR; Galactooligosaccharides; Metabolites; PCR DGGE; Probiotic; TIM 2

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA PROCESSING; FATTY ACID; FECES; GENE; GROWTH RATE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COLON; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; COLON; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; METAGENOME; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOVORUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84874673579     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12041     Document Type: Article

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