Intestinal transit of an orally administered streptomycin-rifampicin-resistant variant of Bifidobacterium longum SBT2928: its long-term survival and effect on the intestinal microflora and metabolism.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2672.2001.01205.x

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Intestinal transit of an orally administered streptomycin-rifampicin-resistant variant of Bifidobacterium longum SBT2928: its long-term survival and effect on the intestinal microflora and metabolism.

Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2001

Fujiwara S, Seto Y, Kimura A, Hashiba H

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AIMS: The objectives of this study are to investigate the fate of a streptomycin-rifampicin-resistant variant of Bifidobacterium longum SBT2928 (BL2928SR) and the influence of its oral administration on the composition and metabolism of the intestinal microflora. METHODS AND RESULTS: Intestinal passage of BL2928SR was monitored by a combination of selection with antibiotics and identification by a randomly...

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