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Enhanced viability of Lactobacillus reuteri for probiotics production in mixed solid-state fermentation in the presence of Bacillus subtilis
In order to develop a multi-microbe probiotic preparation of Lactobacillus reuteri G8-5 and Bacillus subtilis MA139 in solid-state fermentation, a series of parameters were optimized sequentially in shake flask c...
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The role of DNA in bacterial aggregation was determined using various types of DNA and Escherichia coli, a good model for investigating the correlation between added polymer and bacterial aggregation and adsorpti...