The gene encoding xylulose-5-phosphate/fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase (xfp) is conserved among Bifidobacterium species within a more variable region of the genome and both are useful for strain identification

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-257

  Yin, Xianhua ^a   Chambers, James R ^a   Barlow, Kathleen ^a   Park, Aaron S ^a   Wheatcroft, Roger ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Detection; Phosphoketolase; Strain identification; xfp

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE PHOSPHOKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE PHOSPHOKETOLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUBLICATION;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CATTLE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PENTOSEPHOSPHATES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BIOVAR LONGUM;

EID: 19444371900     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.04.013     Document Type: Article

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