Effect of fermented milk intake on plasmid transfer and on the persistence of transconjugants in the digestive tract of gnotobiotic mice

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-102

  Duval Iflah, Yvonne ^a   Maisonneuve, Sylvie ^a   Ouriet, Marie France ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Digestive tract; Fermented milk; Gnotobiotic mice; Plasmid transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FERMENTATION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INGESTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GERM-FREE LIFE; INTESTINES; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MILK; PLASMIDS; PROBIOTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031959694     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000603828184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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