Molecular profiling of lactobacillus, streptococcus, and bifidobacterium species in feces of active racehorses

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Endo, Akihito ^a   Okada, Sanae ^a   Morita, Hidetoshi ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Horse feces; Lactobacillus; PCR DGGE; Real time PCR; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CALCULATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HORSE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS EQUI; LACTOBACILLUS GASTRICUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUINUS; WEISSELLA CONFUSA; ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS EQUI; LACTOBACILLUS GASTRICUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WEISSELLA CONFUSA;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; FECES; FEMALE; HORSES; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 34548828850     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.53.191     Document Type: Article

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