Lactobacillus rhamnosus L60, a potential probiotic isolated from the human vagina

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Pascual, Liliana M ^a   Daniele, María B ^a   Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Giordano, Walter ^a   Pájaro, Cristina ^a   Barberis, Lucila ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacteriocin; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS EXTRACT; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPEMIDIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFECTION RISK; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; CELL ADHESION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; PROBIOTICS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 48949085752     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.54.141     Document Type: Article

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