Identification and antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial isolates from probiotic products

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Temmerman, R ^a   Pot, B ^a   Huys, G ^a   Swings, J ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility testing; Identification; Label correctness; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

'LACTEOL'; 'LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS'; 40 ACIDOPHILUS; ABCDOPHILUS POWDER; ACIDOPHILUS BIFIDUS; ACIDOPHILUS PLUS; ACIDOPHILUS PLUS BIFIDUS; ACIDOPHILUS POWDER; ACIFORCE; ACTIMEL; ACTIMEL ORANGE; ALMIGHURT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BA FRUITS; BA VANILLE; BACILAC; BACTISUBTIL; BENEFACT; BENEFLORA; BIAC; BIFIDUS; BIFIDUS COMPLEX; BIO ABRICOT; BIO FRAMBOISE; BIO SNAC; BIOGARDE HALFVOL NATUREL; BIOGARDE PLUS; BIOMILD DRINK; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLON CLEAN NATUREL; COLON CLEAN PLUS; COLON MAINTENANCE; CULTURELLE; DIEDAM; EFFIDIGEST; ERYTHROMYCIN; FITNESS QUARK; FYSIQ; GEFILUS; JOGHURT MILD GARTENFRUCHT; KANAMYCIN; KINDERYOGHURT MILD; LACTIMUM; LACTUS NATURE; LC1; LIFE TOP STRAW; MILK FREE ACIDOPHILUS; MULTI BILLION DOPHILUS; NATUMILD; NOVAFLORA; PENICILLIN G; PREVITE ACIDOPHILUS; PROBIOSAN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROCULT DRINK; PROFLORA; PSYLLIUM ACTIF; SITOSTANOL; SUPERIOR PROBIOTICS; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIFIT DRINK; VIVAFLORA; WEIGHT WATCHERS BIFIDUS; YAKULT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG LABELING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0037464990     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00162-9     Document Type: Article

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