Specific identification of Lactobacillus helveticus by PCR with pepC, pepN and htrA targeted primers

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-89

  Fortina, M Grazia ^a   Ricci, Giovanni ^a   Mora, Diego ^a   Parini, Carlo ^a   Manachini, P Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase and trypsin like serine protease gene; Bacterial identification; Lactobacillus helveticus; Polymerase chain reaction; Species specific probe

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE C; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC CODE; HTRA GENE; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPC GENE; PEPN GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LACTOBACILLUS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035917434     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00128-8     Document Type: Article

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