Isolation of bifidobacteria from feces of chimpanzees in the wild

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-60

  Ushida, Kazunari ^a   Uwatoko, Yukie ^a   Adachi, Yoshikazu ^b   Soumah, Aly Gaspard ^c   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^d  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institut de la Recherche Environmentale à Bossou   (Guinea)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Chimpanzee in the wild

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANGULATUM; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GUINEA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; PAN;

EID: 77950381574     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.56.57     Document Type: Article

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