Exploring the relationship between exposure to technological and gastrointestinal stress and probiotic functional properties of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 715-725

  Amund, O D ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional properties; Gastrointestinal stress; Probiotics; Technological stress

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADHESION; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD PRODUCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ORGANIC ACID; PROBIOTICS; TOLERANCE;

ADHESION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BILE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STABILITY; ENCAPSULATION; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL STRESS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID; STRESS; ANIMAL; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84985940533     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2016-0186     Document Type: Review

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