Some factors affecting the autoaggregation ability of vaginal lactobacilli isolated from Turkish women

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-412

  Ekmekci, Havva ^a   Aslim, Belma ^a   Darilmaz, Derya Onal ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoaggregation; Lactobacillus spp.; Microbiology; Probiotic; Vagina

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849153123     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS0903407E     Document Type: Article

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