Development of human lactic acid (LAB) gastrointestinal microbiota in a Greek rural population

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-60

  Vassos, Dimitrios ^a   Maipa, Vassiliki ^a   Voidarou, Chrysa ^b   Alexopoulos, Athanasios ^c   Bezirtzoglou, Eugenia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; Fecal; Human gastrointestinal flora; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus; Lactococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SP.; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS CASEI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; LEUCONOSTOC;

EID: 43349094441     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-007-0045-7     Document Type: Article

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