A polyphasic approach towards the identification of strains belonging to Lactobacillus acidophilus and related species

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-585

  Gancheva, Anna ^a,b   Pot, Bruno ^a,c   Vanhonacker, Katrien ^a   Hoste, Bart ^a   Kersters, Karel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c Yakult Belgium NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AFLP; Identification; L. amylolyticus; L. amylovorus; L. crispatus; L. gallinarum; L. gasseri; L. helveticus; L. iners; L. johnsonii; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Llactic acid bacteria; RAPD PCR; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOVORUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOLYTICUS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOVORUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033376051     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80011-3     Document Type: Article

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