Specific detection of Bifidobacterium strains in a pharmaceutical probiotic product and in human feces by polymerase chain reaction

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 391-399

  Brigidi, P ^a   Vitali, B ^a   Swennen, E ^a   Altomare, L ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Matteuzzi, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S 23S rDNA; Bifidobacterium; Human feces; Identification; Pcr primers; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM INFANTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033724666     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(00)80070-3     Document Type: Article

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