Cell-Free Whey from Milk Fermented with Bifidobacterium breve C50 Used to Modify the Colonic Microflora of Healthy Subjects

• Published in: Journal of dairy science Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 1229 - 1235
• Main Authors: Romond, Marie-Bénédicte, Ais, Assia, Guillemot, François, Bounouader, Rachid, Cortot, Antoine, Romond, Charles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Savoy, IL Elsevier Inc 01.05.1998; Am Dairy Sci Assoc; American Dairy Science Association
• Subjects: ACTIVIDAD ENZIMATICA; ACTIVITE ENZYMATIQUE; administration & dosage; Adult; analysis; Animals; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL SPORES; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; Bacteroides fragilis - isolation & purification; beta-Galactosidase; beta-Galactosidase - analysis; BETA-GLUCURONIDASE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; Bifidobacterium sp; Biological and medical sciences; CELL COUNTING; chemistry; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; Clostridium perfringens - isolation & purification; colon; Colon - microbiology; colonic microflora; CONTEO DE CELULAS; enzyme activity; ENZYMIC ACTIVITY; ESPORAS BACTERIANAS; FAECES; fecal bacterial enzymes; FECES; Feces - chemistry; Feces - microbiology; Female; Fermentation; fermented dairy products; FLORA MICROBIANA; FLORE MICROBIENNE; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; GENERO HUMANO; GENRE HUMAIN; GLICOSIDASAS; Glucuronidase; Glucuronidase - analysis; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASES; HECES; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; INTESTIN; intestinal microorganisms; Intestine. Mesentery; INTESTINES; INTESTINOS; isolation & purification; LACTOSERUM; LACTOSUERO; Male; MANKIND; MICROBIAL FLORA; microbiology; Milk; Milk - microbiology; Milk Proteins; Milk Proteins - administration & dosage; Nitroreductases; Nitroreductases - analysis; NUMERATION CELLULAIRE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDORREDUCTASAS; OXYDOREDUCTASE; plate count; Probiotics; SPORE BACTERIENNE; Spores, Bacterial; Spores, Bacterial - isolation & purification; Streptococcus; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; Vertebrates: digestive system; WHEY; Whey Proteins; fermented dairy products; Bifidobacterium sp; BFF; colonic microflora; fecal bacterial enzymes; Human; Actinomycetaceae; Digestive system; Volunteer; Gut; Dairy product; Bifidobacterium breve; Microflora; Whey; Normal; Actinomycetales; Bacteria; Actinomycetes; Biological effect; Cell free system; Cultured milk

The ingestion of viable bacteria is thought to be required to modify intestinal microflora. In the present study, the effects on fecal flora of consumption of cell-free concentrated whey from milk that had been fermented with Bifidobacterium breve C50 was tested using 10 healthy human volunteers. Re...