Molecular identification of potentially probiotic lactobacilli

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-46

  Roy, Denis ^a   Ward, Pierre ^a   Vincent, Daniel ^a,b   Mondou, Francine ^b  

^a FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0033990717     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910008     Document Type: Article

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