Article
Molecular characterization and identification of Bacillus clausii Strains marketed for use in oral bacteriotherapy.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2001
Senesi S, Celandroni F, Tavanti A, Ghelardi E
Abstract excerpt
A substantial number of Bacillus species have been marketed for use in oral bacteriotherapy because of their purported ability to prevent or treat various gastrointestinal disorders. Recently, some of the Bacillus strains in Enterogermina, which is made up of aqueous suspensions of viable Bacillu...
Topics
- Administration, Oral
- Bacillus
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Genes, rRNA
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Probiotics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- RNA, Transfer
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
- Spores, Bacterial