Selective detection, enumeration and identification of potentially probiotic Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species in mixed bacterial populations

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-27

  Charteris, William P ^a,b,e   Kelly, Phillip M ^b   Morelli, Lorenzo ^c   Collins, J Kevin ^d  

^a LEATHERHEAD FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e SET Consultants Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Differential plating; Lactobacilli; Nucleic acid probes

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; REVIEW;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES;

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

EID: 0030997953     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(96)01222-6     Document Type: Review

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