Polysaccharide breakdown by anaerobic microorganisms inhabiting the mammalian gut

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2004, Pages 89-120

  Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; STARCH;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; EUKARYOTE; FERMENTATION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; MAMMALIA; PLANTAGO OVATA; RUMINOCOCCUS;

EID: 9644310307     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(04)56003-3     Document Type: Article

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