PCR monitoring of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium dynamics in fermentations by piglet intestinal microbiota

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-157

  Moura, Patrícia ^a   Simões, Fernanda ^a   Gírio, Francisco ^a   Loureiro Dias, Maria C ^b   Esteves, M Paula ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

16S 23S rDNA intergenic spacer region; Fructo oligosaccharides; Group specific primers; Lactobacillus; Pig intestinal microbiota

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; PEDIOCOCCUS; SUIDAE; WEISSELLA;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBOXYLIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CECUM; COLON; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; ILEUM; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CECUM; COLON; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FERMENTATION; ILEUM; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 34250191457     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200610210     Document Type: Article

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