The antimicrobial action of chitosan, low molar mass chitosan, and chitooligosaccharides on human colonic bacteria

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-345

  Šimůnek, Jiří ^a   Brandysová, Věra ^a   Koppová, Ingrid ^a   Šimůnek Jr , Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITOSAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLON; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHITOSAN; COLON; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM PARAPUTRIFICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; ROSEBURIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84864067073     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-012-0138-1     Document Type: Article

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