Enumeration of lactobacilli in the fecal flora of infant using two different modified de-man rogosa sharpe media under aerobic and anaerobic incubation

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 876-881

  Mirlohi, M ^a   Soleimanian Zad, S ^a   Sheikh Zeiondin, M ^a   Fazeli, Hossein ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Isolation; Lactic acid; Lactobacillus; Lactobacillus percentage coverage; Selective medium; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CARBON DIOXIDE; LACTIC ACID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FECES; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE; IRAN; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH;

AGAR; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INTESTINES; IRAN; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 53749087787     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.876.881     Document Type: Article

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