Effect of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium on Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst viability

Food Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-357

  Foster, James C ^a   Glass, Matthew D ^a   Courtney, Polly D ^a   Ward, Lucy A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Cryptosporidium parvum; Flow cytometry; In vitro; Lactobacillus; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037409258     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(02)00120-X     Document Type: Article

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