Genotyping of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and determination of the number and forms of rrn operons in L. delbrueckii and its subspecies

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 501-510

  Moschetti, G ^a   Blaiotta, G ^a   Aponte, M ^a   Mauriello, G ^a   Villani, F ^a   Coppola, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

ARDRA; Dairy product; Genotyping; Lactobacillus delbrueckii; Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus; Ribotyping; rrn Operon

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. LACTIS;

EID: 0030804577     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)88348-9     Document Type: Article

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