Reclassification of Lactobacillus kefirgranum Takizawa et al. 1994 as Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum subsp. nov. and emended description of L. kefiranofaciens Fujisawa et al. 1988

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 551-556

  Vancanneyt, Marc ^a   Mengaud, J ^b   Cleenwerck, I ^a   Vanhonacker, K ^a   Hoste, B ^a   Dawyndt, P ^a   Degivry, M C ^b   Ringuet, D ^b   Janssens, D ^a   Swings, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DANONE RESEARCH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GRAIN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS KEFIRANOFACIENS; LACTOBACILLUS KEFIRGRANUM; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MILK; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMIC RANK;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CEREALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS KEFIRANOFACIENS SUBSP. KEFIRGRANUM;

EID: 11144356306     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02912-0     Document Type: Article

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