Use of tuf gene-based primers for the PCR detection of probiotic Bifidobacterium species and enumeration of bifidobacteria in fermented milk by cultural and quantitative real-time PCR methods

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Sheu, Sen Je ^a   Hwang, Wen Zhe ^a   Chiang, Yu Cheng ^b   Lin, Wen Hsin ^c   Chen, Hsin Chih ^a   Tsen, Hau Yang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium spp.; Probiotics; Real time PCR; Tuf gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FREEZING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS; REFRIGERATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; YOGURT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 77958517564     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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