An efficient and reproducible method for transformation of genetically recalcitrant bifidobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-152

  Serafini, F ^a   Turroni, F ^b   Guglielmetti, S ^c   Gioiosa, L ^a   Foroni, E ^a   Sanghez, V ^a   Bartolomucci, A ^d   Motherway, M O ^b   Palanza, P ^a   van Sinderen, D ^b   Ventura, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Genetic manipulation; Genomics; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; PLASMID DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ASTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; MURINAE;

EID: 84864146412     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02605.x     Document Type: Review

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