Metronidazole effects on microbiota and mucus layer thickness in the rat gut

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 601-610

  Pélissier, Marie Agnès ^a   Vasquez, Nadia ^a   Balamurugan, Ramadass ^b   Pereira, Ester ^a   Dossou Yovo, Flore ^a   Suau, Antonia ^a   Pochart, Philippe ^a   Magne, Fabien ^a  

^a Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bifidobacteria; inflammatory bowel diseases; metronidazole; microbiota; mucus layer; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ELECTROKINESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WISTAR RAT; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; METAGENOME; METRONIDAZOLE; MUCUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOLONGUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 77955245068     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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