Glutathione-mediated response to acid stress in the probiotic bacterium, Lactobacillus salivarius

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 969-972

  Lee, KiBeom ^a   Pi, KyungBae ^b   Kim, Eun Bae ^c   Rho, Beom Seop ^a   Kang, Sang Kee ^c   Lee, Hong Gu ^d   Choi, Yun Jaie ^c  

^a Songdo Technopark ^*  (South Korea)

^b AdipoGen Inc   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Glutathione; Lactobacillus salivarius; Protein concentration

Indexed keywords

ACID STRESS; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; EXTRACELLULAR PH; FINAL DENSITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUTATHIONES; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; NUTRIENT SOURCES; PROBIOTIC BACTERIA; PROTECTIVE FUNCTION; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS;

ACIDS; CELL GROWTH; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS;

PH EFFECTS;

ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 77953961622     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0244-6     Document Type: Article

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