Characterization of Intestinal Lactobacillus reuteri Strains as Potential Probiotics

Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-58

  Singh, Tejinder Pal ^a   Kaur, Gurpreet ^a   Malik, Ravinder Kumar ^a   Schillinger, Ulrich ^b   Guigas, Claudia ^b   Kapila, Suman ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antagonistic activity; Lactobacillus reuteri; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; BILE SALT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GELATINASE; GENTAMICIN; HEXADECANE; KANAMYCIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACID TOLERANCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; DUODENUM FLUID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE;

LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI;

EID: 84856736181     PISSN: 18671306     EISSN: 18671314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12602-012-9090-2     Document Type: Article

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