Molecular identification and diversity of enterococci isolated from Slovak Bryndza cheese

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 329-337

  Jurkovič, Dušan ^a   Križková, Lívia ^a   Sojka, Martin ^a   Belicová, Anna ^a   Dušinský, Roman ^a   Krajčovič, Juraj ^a   Snauwaert, Cindy ^b   Naser, Sabri ^b,c   Vandamme, Peter ^c   Vancanneyt, Marc ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(GTG)5 PCR; Bryndza cheese; Enterococcus; pheS gene sequence analysis; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; GENOTYPE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS ITALICUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; OVIS ARIES;

CHEESE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; PHENYLALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34247152080     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.52.329     Document Type: Article

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