It is now widely recognized that probiotics have health-beneficial effects on humans and animals. Probiotics should survive in the intestinal tract to exert beneficial effects on the host's health. To keep a sufficient level of probiotic bacteria ...
Fujisawa F   Asanaga H   Ito C   Kumagai C   Kawasaki K   Amao H   Shinohara K   Ohashi Y   Iida M   Murakami M   Andai H   Matsunaga M   
Bioscience Microflora 27(1) 1-8 2008年 [査読有り]
Influences of viable or sterilized Lactobacillus and cellobiose on the fecal microbiota and fecal metabolites in dogs given boiled chicken head and cow milk were investigated. During the intake of boiled chicken head and cow milk, the numbe...
JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE AND VITAMINOLOGY 53(1) 82-86 2007年2月 [査読有り]
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of feeding yoghurt, prepared with Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus strain 2038, on indigenous lactobacilli in the pig cecum. Three female pigs fistulated at the cecum were,fed 2 50 g of t...
Ohashi Y   Igarashi T   Kumazawa F   Fujisawa T   
Bioscience Microflora 26(2) 37-40 2007年 [査読有り]
The diversity of acetogens in human feces was analyzed with partial formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase (FTHFS) gene sequences. FTHFS sequences affiliated with Ruminococcus productus were predominantly recovered. Several sequences of acetogen...
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 70(12) 3031-3035 2006年12月 [査読有り]
An essential role of several specific intestinal bacteria in the intestinal IgA level is suggested. Fecal IgA concentration in mice from one breeder was significantly higher than that in mice from two other breeders. The level of segmented filamen...