Physiological translocation of lactic acid bacteria during pregnancy contributes to the composition of the milk microbiota in mice

Nutrients

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  de Andrés, Javier ^a   Jiménez, Esther ^a,c   Chico Calero, Isabel ^b   Fresno, Manuel ^b   Fernández, Leónides ^a   Rodríguez, Juan Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Probisearch   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Human milk; Lactation; Lactobacillus salivarius; Lux; Pregnancy; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BREAST MILK; BREAST TISSUE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; LUMINESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; UDDER;

LUCIFERASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, REPORTER; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MILK; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 85039044391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu10010014     Document Type: Article

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