Characterization of a bacteriocin-like substance produced by a vaginal Lactobacillus salivarius strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5631-5635

  Ocaña, Virginia S ^a   De Ruiz Holgado, Aída A Pesce ^a   Nader Macías, María Elena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0039104756     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5631-5635.1999     Document Type: Article

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