Survival of potentially probiotic enterococci in dairy matrices and in the human gastrointestinal tract

The aim of this study was to investigate the stability of Enterococcus strains isolated from a traditional Portuguese cheese and previously proved to be safe, in dairy matrices, and to assess survival of the best strains in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Enterococcus faecium 32 and Enterococ...

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Main Author: Pimentel, Lígia L. (author)
Other Authors: Jaana, Mättö (author), Malcata, F. Xavier (author), Pintado, Manuela E. (author), Saarela, Maria (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/10011
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/10011