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Hatanaka, M. (author), Nakamura, Y. (author), Maathuis, A.J.H. (author), Venema, K. (author), Murota, I. (author), Yamamoto, N. (author)Survival and germination rate of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores were investigated in a stomach and small intestine model (TIM-1), while the impact of C-3102 cells that had passed through TIM-1 on human colon microbiota was evaluated in a model of the large intestine (TIM-2). The survival of C-3102 spores in TIM-1 was 99%; 8% of the spores had...article 2012