Summer Meeting 2013: Growth and physiology of bifidobacteria

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-491

  De Vuyst, L ^a   Moens, F ^a   Selak, M ^a   Riviere A ^a   Leroy, F ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabinoxylan oligosaccharides; Bifidobacteria; Cross feeding; Inulin type fructans

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DEGRADATION; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRAIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ARABINOXYLAN-OLIGOSACCHARIDE; ARABINOXYLANS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CROSS-FEEDING; FRUCTANS; HUMAN COLON; INULIN-TYPE FRUCTAN; OLIGO-FRUCTOSE; PROPERTY; STRAIN-DEPENDENT;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; ARABINOXYLAN; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BUTYRIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; LACTIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; EXO-1,4-BETA-D-XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; STOICHIOMETRY; SUMMER;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLON FLORA; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTEROIDES;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; INULIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; XYLANS; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 84893900668     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12415     Document Type: Review

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