Stress-induced alterations in intestinal microflora

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-31

  Tsiotsias, A ^a   Voidarou, C ^a   Skoufos, J ^d   Simopoulos, C ^b   Konstandi, M ^a   Kostakis, D ^a   Bezirtzoglou, Eugenia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Medical School   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^d Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Intestinal microflora; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGAR; LACTOSE; RINGER SOLUTION; SULFITE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEATING; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 2442569813     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600410028632     Document Type: Article

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