Characterization of two Bacillus probiotics

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4288-4291

  Green, David H ^a   Wakeley, Phil R ^a   Page, Anthony ^a,c   Barnes, Andrew ^a   Baccigalupi, Loredana ^b   Ricca, Ezio ^b   Cutting, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032866775     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4288-4291.1999     Document Type: Article

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