The regulatory and protective role of the normal microflora : proceedings of the fifth Bengt E. Gustafsson Symposium held at the Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1st-4th, 1988

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Normal Human Microflora-Composition....Pages 3-18 The Intestinal Microflora During the First Weeks of Life: Normal Development and Changes Induced by Caesarean Section, Pre-term Birth and Antimicrobial Treatment....Pages 19-34 Molecular Aspects of Bowel Colonisation....Pages 35-46 The Large Intestine as a Reservoir for Escherichia coli Causing Extra-intestinal Infections....Pages 47-58 Colonization with Enterobacteriaceae and Immune Response, Especially in the Neonate....Pages 59-69 The Indigenous Microflora and the Intestinal Metabolism of Cholesterol, Bile Acids and Steroids....Pages 71-88 The Normal Microflora and Short-chain Fatty Acids....Pages 89-108 The Normal Microflora and Mucin....Pages 109-127 The Normal Microflora and Glycosphingolipids....Pages 129-143 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 The Normal Microflora, Intestinal Motility and Influence of Antibiotics. An Overview....Pages 147-167 The Normal Microflora and Bilirubin....Pages 169-199 Use of Germfree Rats for the Characterization of Novel Metabolites of Leukotriene C4 Formed In Vivo....Pages 201-217 The Normal Microflora and Intestinal Enzymes....Pages 219-237 Influence of the Normal Flora of the Gut on Clostridium Difficile....Pages 239-251 Oral Microflora: Establishment and Preventive Effects....Pages 253-262 Lactobacilli: Fact and Fiction....Pages 263-281 Lactobacillus reuteri and the Enteric Microbiota....Pages 283-292 Survival of Lactobacilli During Digestion: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study....Pages 293-297 Symbiotic Cultivations in Lactic Acid Bacteria....Pages 299-312 Rheumatoid Factor Production and the Intestinal Microflora: The Model of the 129/Sv Mouse....Pages 313-329 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 Blood Coagulation and the Gastrointestinal Microflora: Vitamin-K Dependent Plasma Proteins....Pages 331-344 Simulation of the Intestinal Microflora in a Continuous Flow Culture....Pages 345-351 Front Matter....Pages 353-353 The Effect of Intestinal Enzymes on the Metabolism of the Carcinogenic Air Pollutant 2-Nitrofluorene....Pages 355-366 Intestinal Microflora, Cytotoxic Lipids and Large Bowel Cancer....Pages 367-377 Catabolism of Flavonoids by Bacteria of the Alimentary Tract: Formation of Potential Anticarcinogens....Pages 379-391 Summary....Pages 393-409 Back Matter....Pages 411-416 This book contains the proceedings of the symposium held at the Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-4 June 1988, which was dedicated to the memory of Professor Bengt E. Gustafsson (1916-1986), one of the pioneers in the field of germfree research.