Nisin F, intraperitoneally injected, may have a stabilizing effect on the bacterial population in the gastro-intestinal tract, as determined in a preliminary study with mice as model

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 198-201

  van Staden, D A ^a   Brand, A M ^a   Endo, A ^a   Dicks, L M T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacterial population; GIT; Intraperitoneal; Nisin F

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; C57BL/6 MICE; FAECAL SAMPLES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTRAPERITONEAL; INTRAPERITONEALLY; NISIN F; PCR-DGGE; STABILIZING EFFECTS; STERILE SALINE;

BACTERIA;

DNA 16S; NISIN; NISIN F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DRUG MECHANISM; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

EID: 79960110156     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03091.x     Document Type: Article

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