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Unification of Bifidobacterium infantis and Bifidobacterium suis as Bifidobacterium longum.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Nov 2002
Sakata Shinji, Kitahara Maki, Sakamoto Mitsuo, Hayashi Hidenori, Fukuyama Masafumi, Benno Yoshimi
Abstract excerpt
The relationships between Bifidobacterium infantis, Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium suis were examined by means of carbohydrate fermentation, DNA-DNA hybridization, ribotyping and random amplified polymorphic DNA-PCR (RAPD-PCR). The levels of DNA-DNA hybridization among the strains of B. infantis, B. longum and B. suis used in this study were 67-81% under optimal conditions (42 degrees C) and 63-85%...
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