Taxonomy and physiology of probiotic lactic acid bacteria

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-125

  Klein, Günter ^a   Pack, Alexander ^a   Bonaparte, Christine ^a   Reuter, Gerhard ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lactic acid bacteria; Molecular typing; Physiology; Probiotics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENOTYPE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; PHENOTYPE; PROBIOTICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032568570     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(98)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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