M-RTLV agar, a novel selective medium to distinguish Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus paracasei from Lactobacillus rhamnosus

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-160

  Sakai, Takafumi ^a,b   Oishi, Kenji ^a,b   Asahara, Takashi ^b   Takada, Toshihiko ^b   Yuki, Norikatsu ^b   Matsumoto, Kazumasa ^b   Nomoto, Koji ^b   Kushiro, Akira ^a,b  

^a Technologiepark 4   (Belgium)

^b YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,3,5 Triphenyltetrazolium chloride; L Rhamnose; Lactobacillus casei; Lactobacillus paracasei; Lactobacillus rhamnosus; Selective medium

Indexed keywords

RHAMNOSE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGAR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHAMNOSE; YOUNG ADULT;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 77952239479     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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