FISH analysis of Lactobacillus biofilms in the gastrointestinal tract of different hosts

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-226

  Lebeer, S ^a   Verhoeven, T L A ^a   Claes, I J J ^a   De Hertogh, G ^a   Vermeire, S ^a   Buyse, J ^b   Van Immerseel, F ^c   Vanderleyden, J ^a   De Keersmaecker, S C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intestinal microbiology; Lactobacillus; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BIOFILMS; FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; RNA;

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYBRIDIZATION ANALYSIS; INTESTINAL MICROBIOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; SPECIFIC LOCATION;

CROPS;

PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMER; POULTRY; PROBE; PROBIOTICS; RODENT; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CHICKEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FORESTOMACH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 79551649133     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02994.x     Document Type: Article

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