Antimicrobial activity and characteristics of bacteriocins produced by vaginal Lactobacilli

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-13

  Alpay Karaoǧlu, Şengül ^a   Aydin, Faruk ^a   Kiliç, S Sirri ^b   Kiliç, Ali O ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bacteriocin; Lactobacillus

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ENZYMES;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOCIN; CATALASE; LANTIBIOTIC; MITOMYCIN C; PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALKALINITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VAGINA; VAGINA FLORA;

EID: 0037273428     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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