Genetically modified probiotics

Probiotics in Food Safety and Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 229-250

  Ahmed, Farid E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH;

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; MUCOSAL SURFACE; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PROBIOTIC PRODUCTS; RESISTANT STRAINS; THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES;

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