A pilot study on the effect of Lactobacillus casei Zhang on intestinal microbiota parameters in Chinese subjects of different age

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-304

  Kwok, L Y ^a   Wang, L ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Guo, Z ^a   Zhang, H ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age specific; Faecal microbiota; Lactobacillus casei; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI ZHANG; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHINESE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILOT STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AGING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHINA; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBIOTICS; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901690506     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2013.0047     Document Type: Article

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