Lactate- and acetate-based cross-feeding interactions between selected strains of lactobacilli, bifidobacteria and colon bacteria in the presence of inulin-type fructans

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 241, Issue , 2017, Pages 225-236

  Moens, Frédéric ^a   Verce, Marko ^a   De Vuyst, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Cross feeding; Inulin type fructans; Lactobacilli

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BUTYRIC ACID; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; LACTIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIALES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; COLON FLORA; DEGRADATION; EUBACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; NONHUMAN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLON; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETATES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BUTYRIC ACID; COLON; FERMENTATION; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INULIN; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84992702366     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.10.019     Document Type: Article

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