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Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease Volume 19, 2007 - Issue 2
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The effect of probiotic drinks containing homofermentative or hetrofermentative strains of lactobacilli on the growth of Candida albicans and Escherichia coli in mixed culture

Mr Giles K. Elsom School of Health & Bioscience, University of East London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Denis Hide School of Health & Bioscience, University of East London, London, UK
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David M. Salmon School of Health & Bioscience, University of East London, London, UK
Pages 140-144 | Received 19 May 2006, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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