Analyses of bacterial communities in Meju, a Korean traditional fermented soybean bricks, by cultivation-based and pyrosequencing methods

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-348

  Kim, Yi Seul ^a   Kim, Min Cheol ^b   Kwon, Soon Wo ^a   Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Park, In Cheol ^a   Ka, Jong Ok ^b   Weon, Hang Yeon ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bacterial communities; cultivation based; fermented soybean bricks; meju; pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH KOREA; SOYBEAN;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FERMENTATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOYBEANS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FIRMICUTES; GLYCINE MAX; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; PEDIOCOCCUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 79959781924     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0302-3     Document Type: Article

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