Effect of Lactobacillus fermentum on beta2 toxin production by clostridium perfringens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4406-4411

  Allaart, Janneke G ^a   van Asten, Alphons J A M ^a   Vernooij, Johannes C M ^a   Gröne, Andrea ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; IN-VITRO; INTESTINAL FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE PCR; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; LACTIC ACID; METABOLITES; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CPB2 PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXIN; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM;

EID: 79960101935     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03002-10     Document Type: Article

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