Under the microscope: From pathogens to probiotics and back.
The review centers on the human gastrointestinal tract; focusing first on the bacterial stress responses needed to overcome the physiochemical defenses of the host, specifically how these stress survival strategies can be used as targets for alternative infection control strategies. The concluding section focuses on recent developments in molecular diagnostics; centring on the shifting paradigm from culture to molecular based diagnostics.
a Department of Biological Sciences ; Cork Institute of Technology ; Bishopstown , Cork , Ireland.
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D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002470:Cell Survival; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000502:physiology*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*
Listeria; bile; diagnostics; gastrointestinal tract; pathogens; probiotics; virulence