Rapid identification, differentiation, and proposed new taxonomic classification of Bifidobacterium lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6429-6434

  Ventura, Marco ^a   Zink, Ralf ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036952608     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6429-6434.2002     Document Type: Article

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