Taxonomy of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria

Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 44-61

  Felis, Giovanna E ^a   Dellaglio, Franco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIFIDOBACTERIALES; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FERMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENUS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; PROBIOTICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 34248994951     PISSN: 1466531X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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