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Which prebiotic??

Posted by Angelaz on 25 Aug 2010 at 16:22 GMT

Nowhere in the article is the actual prebiotic used described. The nature of the prebiotic (GOS, inulin, etc.) is very important because different prebiotics act as substrates for different bacteria and with variable specificity/preference. It would therefore be important to know which prebiotic was used in this trial in order to be able to assess its suitability as a substrate for the specific probiotic used and to assess which other bacteria the substrate could have been acting as a substrate for.

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