Identification of bifidobacteria isolated from Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-243

  Bunesova, Vera ^a   Vlkova, Eva ^a   Rada, Vojtech ^a   Killer, Jiri ^a,c   Kmet, Vladimir ^b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

16S rRNA genes sequencing; bifidobacteria; Elephas maximus; herbivores; identification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ELEPHANT; HERBIVORE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RNA; ZOO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BUOM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELEPHANT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELEPHANTS; FECES; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVSKOSLEZSKY; OSTRAVA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 84878013463     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-013-9322-y     Document Type: Article

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