Probiotics: Growth-Promoting Factors Produced by Microorganisms

19651,219 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Rosalie H. Stillwell · St. John's University

Abstract

Several species of protozoa, during their logarithmic phases of growth, produce substances that prolong the logarithmic phase in other species. The effect is not as striking as the inhibition of growth caused by antibiotics, but a consistent 50-percent increase in growth has been obtained with Tetrahymena pyriformis in response to a factor produced by Colpidium campylum.

Topics & Keywords

Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology Probiotics and Fermented Foods Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Science

Volume 147, Issue 3659, pp. 747-748

DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3659.747

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