Estimation of 16S rRNA gene copy number in several probiotic Lactobacillus strains isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of chicken

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-141

  Lee, Chin Mei ^a   Sieo, Chin Chin ^a   Abdullah, Norhani ^a   Ho, Yin Wan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene copy number; Lactobacillus spp.; rRNA restriction patterns

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; GENOMIC DNA; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTINYLATION; CHICKEN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS PANIS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHICKENS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE DOSAGE; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS PANIS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 50949117401     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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