Effect of Bifidobacterium upon Clostridium difficile growth and toxicity when co-cultured in different prebiotic substrates

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Valdes Varela L ^a   Hernández Barranco, Ana M ^a   Ruas Madiedo, Patricia ^a   Gueimonde, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Clostridium difficile; HT29; Inhibition; Prebiotics; Probiotics; RTCA; Toxin

Indexed keywords

SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA EXTRACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84973519386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00738     Document Type: Article

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