Interspecies diversity, safety and probiotic potential of bacteriocinogenic Enterococcus faecium isolated from dairy food and human faeces

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 591-602

  Bhardwaj, Arun ^a   Kaur, Gurpreet ^a   Gupta, Hittu ^a   Vij, Shilpa ^a   Malik, Ravinder K ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Enterococcus faecium; Probiotic potential; RAPD PCR; Virulence traits

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOGENIC AMINES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; PROBIOTIC POTENTIALS; RAPD-PCR; VIRULENCE TRAITS;

PROBIOTICS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 79951556021     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0494-4     Document Type: Article

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