Probiotics for the skin: A new area of potential application?

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Ouwehand, Arthur C ^a   Batsman A ^b   Salminen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Fermlab Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Keratin adhesion; Non specific adhesion; Probiotics; Propionibacterium; Skin

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; PATHOGENS;

'CURRENT; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; HIGH-ADHESION; IN-VITRO; KERATIN ADHESION; MICROBIOTAS; NON-SPECIFIC ADHESION; PROBIOTICS; PROPIONIBACTERIA; SKIN PATHOGENS;

ADHESION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; KERATIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; PROBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACIDIPROPIONICI; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII; PROPIONIBACTERIUM JENSENII; PROPIONIBACTERIUM THOENII; SKIN; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MICROBIOTA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACIDIPROPIONICI; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII; PROPIONIBACTERIUM JENSENII; PROPIONIBACTERIUM THOENII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037547202     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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