Detection of Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, Leuconostoc, and Weissella Species in Human Feces by Using Group-Specific PCR Primers and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2578-2585

  Walter, Jens ^a   Hertel, Christian ^a   Tannock, Gerald W ^b   Lis, Claudia M ^a   Munro, Karen ^b   Hammes, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA DENATURATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PEDIOCOCCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PEDIOCOCCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 0035374627     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2578-2585.2001     Document Type: Article

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