Proposal to reclassify the three biotypes of Bifidobacterium longum as three subspecies: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum subsp. nov., Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis comb. nov. and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. suis comb. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 767-772

  Mattarelli, Paola ^a   Bonaparte, C ^b   Pot, B ^c   Biavati, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN TUF; RECA PROTEIN; RNA 16S; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONIN;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SUIS; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FERMENTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; LACTOBACILLUS; NEW COMBINATION (TAXONOMY); NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; TYPE STRAIN; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. SUIS; LACTOBACILLUS; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHAPERONIN 60; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 47249156773     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65319-0     Document Type: Article

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