Identification of heterofermentative lactobacilli isolated from pig faeces by numerical analysis of total soluble cell protein patterns and RAPD-PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-16

  Du Toit, M ^a   Dicks, L M T ^a   Holzapfel, W H ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Identification; Lactobacilli; Pig

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; MAMMALS; PROTEINS;

CELL PROTEINS; IDENTIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BUCHNERI; LACTOBACILLUS STRAINS; PIG; PROTEIN PATTERNS; PROTEIN PROFILES; RAPD-PCR; SDS-PAGE;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CELL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; FECES; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FECES; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BUCHNERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BUCHNERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038141207     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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