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Adhesion of lactobacilli to small intestinal cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

A M Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU.
. D S Parker
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU.
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Lactobacilli have been shown to inhabit the proximal regions of the digestive tract of many species of animals, and some of these lactobacilli have the ability to adhere to and colonise the epithelium of the oesophagus (Tannock, Blummershine and Archibald, 1987) and stomach (Fuller and Turvey, 1971; Tannock et al., 1982), whilst others appear to be associated with the small intestine (Tannock et al., 1982). The mechanisms by which these bacteria colonise their habitats is still unclear.In this study the adhesion of lactobacilli, isolated from the small intestine of pigs, to porcine small intestinal cells was investigated.

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Nutrition and Metabolism
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1993

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