Evaluation of the PCR method for identification of Bifidobacterium species

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Youn, S Y ^b   Seo, J M ^b   Ji, G E ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Bifido Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus; Intergenic spacer region; PCR; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; PROBIOTICS;

16S RDNA; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIAL REPETITIVE INTERGENIC CONSENSUS; INTERGENIC SPACER REGIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION METHODS; PRIMER SETS; PROBIOTICS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA 16S; DNA 23S; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIA; DNA; ENZYMES;

BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANGULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SUBTILE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; BIOTYPE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANGULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SUBTILE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 37549007931     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02263.x     Document Type: Article

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