16S rRNA and 16S to 23S internal transcribed spacer sequence analyses reveal inter- and intraspecific Bifidobacterium phylogeny

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-111

  Leblond Bourget, Nathalie ^a,c   Philippe, Herve ^b   Mangin, Irene ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

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

EID: 0030031126     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-102     Document Type: Article

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