Use of the mcherry fluorescent protein to study intestinal colonization by Enterococcus mundtii ST4SA and Lactobacillus plantarum 423 in mice

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5993-6002

  van Zyl, Winschau F ^a   Deane, Shelly M ^a   Dicks, Leon M T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; CLONING; FLUORESCENCE; GENE ENCODING; GENES; LABORATORIES; LACTIC ACID; MAMMALS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIOCIN PRODUCTION; EXPRESSION VECTORS; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HABITAT TYPE; HOMOLOGY; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MUS;

PHOTOPROTEIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84938812591     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01247-15     Document Type: Article

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