Molecular diversity within Lactobacillus helveticus as revealed by genotypic characterization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1259-1265

  Giraffa, Giorgio ^a   Gatti, Monica ^a   Rossetti, Lia ^a   Senini, Lucia ^a   Neviani, Erasmo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEESE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIBOTYPING; RNA FINGERPRINTING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHEESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034028410     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1259-1265.2000     Document Type: Article

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