Inactivation of tryptic activity by a human-derived strain of Bacteroides distasonis in the large intestines of gnotobiotic rats and mice

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1434-1436

  Ramare, Francoise ^a   Hautefort, Isabelle ^a   Verhe, Frederic ^a   Raibaud, Pierre ^a   Iovanna, Juan ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTEROIDES; DRUG INACTIVATION; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES MICROFLORA; GNOTOBIOTICS; LARGE INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029964666     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1434-1436.1996     Document Type: Article

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