Development of omics-based protocols for the microbiological characterization of multi-strain formulations marketed as probiotics: the case of VSL#3

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1371-1386

  Mora, Diego ^a   Filardi, Rossella ^a   Arioli, Stefania ^a   Boeren, Sjef ^b   Aalvink, Steven ^b   de Vos, Willem M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UREASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAGENOMICS; METAPROTEOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; SAFETY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHARMACEUTICS; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBIOTICS; PROTEOMICS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; UREASE;

EID: 85070663321     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13476     Document Type: Article

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