Genomics and ecological overview of the genus Bifidobacterium

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Turroni, Francesca ^a   van Sinderen, Douwe ^b   Ventura, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacterium host interaction; Bifidobacterium; Ecology; Genomics

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FOOD; GENOMICS; GENUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROBIOTICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79960845066     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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