Lactobacilli Inactivate Chlamydia trachomatis through Lactic Acid but Not H2O2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Gong, Zheng ^a,b   Luna, Yesmin ^a   Yu, Ping ^b   Fan, Huizhou ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; NONHUMAN; VAGINA PH; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHARMACOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 84952636499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107758     Document Type: Article

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