Bacteriocin Production, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Prevalence of Haemolytic and Gelatinase Activity in Faecal Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Healthy Ethiopian Infants

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 504-516

  Birri, Dagim Jirata ^a   Brede, Dag Anders ^a   Tessema, Girum Tadesse ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 84873527085     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0134-7     Document Type: Article

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