Construction, characterization and exemplificative application of bioluminescent Bifidobacterium longum biovar longum

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-290

  Guglielmetti, Simone ^a   Ciranna, Alessandro ^a   Mora, Diego ^a   Parini, Carlo ^a   Karp, Matti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacterium; Bifidobacterium; Bioluminescence; Luciferase; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; INULIN; LACTULOSE; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; OXYGEN; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

ACIDITY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CLICK BEETLE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; INCUBATION TIME; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; PROBIOTICS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BIOVAR LONGUM; ELATERIDAE; HEXAPODA; PYROPHORUS PLAGIOPHTHALAMUS;

EID: 43649108047     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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