Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6128658 | Anaerobe | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Inhibition of biofilm seems to be a major mechanism of urinary tract pathogen exclusion, related to, and possibly dependent upon, the probiotic ability to reduce environmental pH. Exclusion via competition of binding sites is a possible in vivo mechanism for these probiotics. If an additive or synergistic effect exists between strains within a mixture, it does not manifest itself in a greater effect through these two inhibitory mechanisms.
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Authors
C.M.C. Chapman, G.R. Gibson, I. Rowland,