Enumeration, isolation, and identification of bifidobacteria from infant feces

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-212

  Vlkova E ^a   Rada, V ^a   Bujnakova D ^b   Kmet V ^b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDO-CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; CLOSTRIDIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2542612346     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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