Individual and co-operative roles of lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide in the killing activity of enteric strain Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC933 and vaginal strain Lactobacillus gasseri KS120.1 against enteric, uropathogenic and vaginosis-associated pathogens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Atassi, Fabrice ^a,b   Servin, Alain L ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Gardnerella vaginalis; Hydrogen peroxide; Lactic acid; Lactobacillus; Salmonella; Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HEAT; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; URINARY TRACT; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 76349107357     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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