Bacterial flora in the gut of Helix aspersa (Gastropoda Pulmonata): Evidence for a permanent population with a dominant homolactic intestinal bacterium, Enterococcus casseliflavus

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-27

  Charrier, Maryvonne ^a   Combet Blanc, Yannick ^b   Ollivier, Bernard ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Enterococcus casseliflavus; Fermentative homolactic bacterium; Gut; Helix aspersa; Snail

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FERMENTATION; HELIX ASPERSA; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031960909     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-1-20     Document Type: Article

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