Part 1 The normal microflora: the normal human microflora-composition, D.C.Savage; the intestinal microflora during the first weeks of life - normal development and changes induced by Caesarean section, pre-term birth and antimicrobial treatment, R.Bennet and C.E.Nord; molecular aspects of bowel colonization, T.Wadstrom and P.Aleljuno; the large intestine as a reservoir for "escherichia Coli" causing extra-intestinal infections, C.Cvanboro-Eden et al; the normal microflora: colonization with enterobacteriacae and immune response - especially in the neonate, L.A.Hanson et al; the indioenous microflora and the intestinal metabolism of cholesterol, bile acids and steroids, H.Evssen and J.Robben; the normal microflora and short-chain fatty acids, T.Hoverstad; the normal microflora and mucin, B.Carlstedt-Duke; the normal microflora and glycosphingolipids, G.Larson. Part 2 Specific problems: the normal microflora - intestinal motility and influence of antibiotics - an overview, T.Midtvedt; the normal microflora and bilirupin, H.Saxerholt; use of germfree rats for the characterization of novel metabolites of leucotriene C4 formed "in vivo", S.Hammarstrom et al; the normal microflora and intestinal enzymes, K.E.Norin; inlfuence of the normal flora of the gut on "glostridium difficile", S.P.Borriello; oral microflora - establishment and preventive effects, B.Krasse; lactobacilli - fact and fiction, P.Conway; "lactobacillus reuteri" and the enteric microbiota, W.J.Dobrogosz et al; survival of lactobacilli during digestion - an "in vitro" and "in vivo" study, L.Alm et al; symbiotic cultivations in lactic acid bacteria, Z.G.Banhidi and E.Banhidi; rheumatoid factor production and the intestinal microflora - the model of the 129/Sv mouse, J.-P Coutelier, P.G.Coulie and J.L.Van Snick; blood coagulation and the gastrointestinal microflora - vitamin-K dependent plasma proteins, N.Egberg; simulation of the intestinal micorflora in a continuous flow culture, H.Bernhardt, M.Knoke and T.Bootz. Part 3 Intestinal fLora and development of cancer: the effect of intestinal enzymes on the metabolism of the carcinogenic air pollutant 2-nitrofluorene, L.Moller and J.-A Gustafsson; intestinal microflora - cytotoxic lipids and laroe bowel cancer, J.Rafter and U.Geltner; catabolism of flavonoids by bacteria of the alimentary tract - formation of potential anticarcinogens, V.D.Bokkenheuser and J.Winter.
