Surface and Adhesion Properties of Lactobacilli

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2010, Pages 127-152

  Deepika, G ^a   Charalampopoulos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Hydrophobicity; Intestinal cells; Lactobacillus; S layer proteins; Surface charge; Surface proteins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL WALL; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77951628434     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(10)70004-6     Document Type: Chapter

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