Nutritional influences on interactions between bacteria and the small intestinal mucosa.

CONTENTS I N T R O D U C T I O N . COLONIZATION O F THE INTESTINAL TRACT . . T H E GLYCOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY O F INTESTINAL S U R F A C E S MEMBRANE GLYCOCONJUGATES . . M U C I N GLYCOCONJUGATES . BACTERIAL A D H E S I N S A N D INTESTINAL RECEPTORS . . FIMBRIAL ADHESINS . Type-I fimbriae . Fimbrial serotypes associated with diarrhoea1 disease . Fimbrial adhesins associated with Helicobacter pylori . . OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS . LIPOTEICHOIC A C I D . M U C I N A N D BACTERIAL ADHESION . BACTERIAL GLYCOSIDASES . NUTRITIONAL INFLUENCES O N T H E INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BACTERIA A N D T H E INTESTINAL MUCOSA . .