Surface characteristics of lactobacilli isolated from human vagina

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 203-212

  Ocaña, Virginia S ^a   Elena, Bru ^a   De Holgado, Aída A P Ruiz ^a   Nader Macias, María Elena ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adhesion; Hydrophobicity; Probiotics; Surface characteristics; Vaginal lactobacilli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; TAXONOMY; VAGINA FLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS AGILIS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI SUBSP. PARACASEI;

EID: 0343619399     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.45.203     Document Type: Article

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