Influence of various bile salts on β-glucuronidase activity of intestinal bacteria

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-97

  Fujisawa, T ^a   Mori, M ^a  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALTS; SODIUM;

BACTERIAL CELLS; BILE SALTS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEOXYCHOLATE; ENZYMES ACTIVITY; GLUCURONIDASE; INTACT CELLS; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; SODIUM CHOLATE; SODIUM DEOXYCHOLATE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BILE SALT; CHOLIC ACID; DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; GLYCOCHOLATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030859030     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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