Phylogenetic analysis of Bacillus subtilis strains applicable to natto (fermented soybean) production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6463-6469

  Kubo, Yuji ^a   Rooney, Alejandro P ^b   Tsukakoshi, Yoshiki ^c   Nakagawa, Rikio ^a   Hasegawa, Hiromasa ^a   Kimura, Keitarou ^c  

^a Industrial Technology Institute of Ibaraki Prefecture   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; BACILLUS STRAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS STRAINS; BANDING PATTERNS; EXTRACELLULAR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RICE STRAWS; SIX GENES; SUBTILIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENES; RNA;

BACILLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; BIOTIN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; FRAGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; RICE; SOYBEAN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT STEM; RICE; SOYBEAN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT STEMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOY FOODS;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSP. SUBTILIS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 80052789262     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00448-11     Document Type: Article

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