Specific detection and analysis of a probiotic Bifidobacterium strain in infant feces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3668-3672

  Kok, Ruben G ^a   De Waal, Anthony ^a   Schut, Frits ^b   Welling, Gjalt W ^b   Weenk, Gerard ^c   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^a  

^a EC Slater Institute   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Nutricia Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SP.; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0029776072     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3668-3672.1996     Document Type: Article

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