A Sensitive and Rapid Method to Determine the Adhesion Capacity of Probiotics and Pathogenic Microorganisms to Human Gastrointestinal Mucins

A Sensitive and Rapid Method to Determine the Adhesion Capacity of Probiotics and Pathogenic Microorganisms to Human Gastrointestinal Mucins

Mucus is the habitat for the microorganisms, bacteria and yeast that form the commensal flora. Mucins, the main macromolecules of mucus, and more specifically, the glycans that cover them, play essential roles in microbial gastrointestinal colonization. Probiotics and pathogens must also colonize mu...

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Main Authors: Bélinda Ringot-Destrez, Zéa D’Alessandro, Jean-Marie Lacroix, Muriel Mercier-Bonin, Renaud Léonard, Catherine Robbe-Masselot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
bacterial adhesion
mucin
O-glycosylation
sialic acids
probiotics
bacterial pathogens
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/6/2/49

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