Characterisation of potentially probiotic vaginal lactobacilli isolated from Argentinean women

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 170-174

  Juarez Tomas M S ^a   Zonenschain, D ^b   Morelli, L ^b   Nader Macías, Mariá Elena ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic identification; Lactobacillus; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ACID; DNA 16S; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL AGGREGATION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA FLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 29144432787     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2005.11732706     Document Type: Article

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