β-Glucuronidase activity in germ-free, monoassociated and conventional mice

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-41

  Cardona, Maria ^a   Norin, Elisabeth ^a   Midtvedt, Tore ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; Germ free mice; Gnotobiotic mice; Intestinal microbial enzymes; Monoassociation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GNOTOBIOTICS; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VARIANCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 33745842953     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600600733264     Document Type: Article

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