Prebiotic Galactooligosaccharide Metabolism by Probiotic Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 4184-4192

  Thongaram, Taksawan ^a,c   Hoeflinger, Jennifer L ^a   Chow, Jomay ^b   Miller, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

bifidobacteria; carbohydrate utilization; galactooligosaccharide; lactobacilli; probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METABOLISM; OLIGOMERS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN;

BIFIDOBACTERIA; DEGREES OF POLYMERIZATIONS; GALACTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LACTOBACILLI; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLI; PROBIOTIC STRAIN; PROBIOTICS;

BACILLI;

GALACTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; METABOLISM;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GALACTOSE; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85019736433     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b00851     Document Type: Article

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