Shigella flexneri strains produce bacteriocins active against members of the human microbial intestinal flora

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 85-88

  Padilla Espinosa, Carlos ^a   Lobos, Olga ^a   Hubert, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Diarrhoea; Serotypes; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACILLUS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; INFANT; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLOSIS;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACILLUS; BACTERIOCINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 34547961338     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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