Technical note: A rapid pulsed-field gel electrophoresis method for analysis of bifidobacteria

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2424-2427

  Briczinski, E P ^a   Roberts, R F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745909433     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72315-3     Document Type: Article

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