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Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease Volume 16, 2004 - Issue 4
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Original Article

Effects of the consumption of heat-killed Enterococcus faecalis EC-12 preparation on microbiota and metabolic activity of the faeces in healthy adults

Atsushi Terada Laboratury of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Applied Life Science, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, 180-8602, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Wakoto Bukawa Functional Foods Division, Combi Co. Ltd., 5-2-39 Nishibori, Saitama-shi, Saitama, 338-0832, Japan
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Tatsuhiko Kan Functional Foods Division, Combi Co. Ltd., 5-2-39 Nishibori, Saitama-shi, Saitama, 338-0832, Japan
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Tomotari Mitsuoka , 2-10-7 Sugano, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba, 272-0824, Japan
Pages 188-194 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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