Vaginal lactobacilli: Self- and co-aggregating ability

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 183-190

  Ocaña, Virginia S ^a   Nader Macías, María Elena ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Candida; Lactobacillus

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; TRYPSIN; MANNOSE; PEPSIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CANDIDA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VAGINA FLORA; YEAST; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CANDIDA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MANNOSE; PEPSIN A; TRYPSIN; VAGINA;

EID: 0038137368     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2002.11783657     Document Type: Article

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