Interactions of surface exopolysaccharides from bifidobacteriumand lactobacilluswithin the intestinal environment

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue OCT, 2018, Pages

  Castro Bravo, Nuria ^a,b   Wells, Jerry M ^b   Margolles, Abelardo ^a   Ruas Madiedo, Patricia ^a  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Exopolysaccharide; Innate immunity; Intestinal receptors; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055339767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02426     Document Type: Review

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