Effect of the trehalose levels on the screening of yeast as probiotic by in vivo and in vitro assays

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-55

  Martins, Flaviano S ^a,b   Miranda, Ieso C ^c   Rosa, Carlos A ^b   Nicoli, Jacques R ^b   Neves, Maria J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Probiotic; Saccharomyces boulardii; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Stress; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 42349107360     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822008000100012     Document Type: Article

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