Evaluation of using a short region of the recA gene for rapid and sensitive speciation of dominant bifidobacteria in the human large intestine

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 377-383

  Kullen, Martin J ^a   Brady, Linda J ^a   O'Sullivan, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Bifidobacterium; Gastrointestinal tract; Phylogenetics; Probiotic; recA

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030774468     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00356-X     Document Type: Article

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