Genotyping of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum strains by multilocus variable number of tandem repeat analysis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-380

  Matamoros, Sébastien ^a   Savard, Patricia ^a   Roy, Denis ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum; MLVA; Typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIALES INFECTIONS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR TYPING; TIME FACTORS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

EID: 81055155825     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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