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Bacteriocin production as a mechanism for the antiinfective activity of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 May 2007
Corr Sinéad C, Li Yin, Riedel Christian U, O'Toole Paul W, Hill Colin, Gahan Cormac G M
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms by which probiotic strains enhance the health of the host remain largely uncharacterized. Here we demonstrate that Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118, a recently sequenced and genetically tractable probiotic strain of human origin, produces a bacteriocin in vivo that can significantly...
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