Phase variations in Bifidobacterium animalis.

doi:10.1007/BF01570083

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Phase variations in Bifidobacterium animalis.

Current microbiology - 1 Jul 1992

Biavati B, Crociani F, Mattarelli P, Scardovi V

Abstract excerpt

Strains isolated from rabbit, chicken, and rat feces and from sewage and fermented milk products, all identified as Bifidobacterium animalis, were found to show phase variations in colony appearance and in cellular morphology. The rate of transition in a switching system from opaque to transparen...

Topics

Animals
Bifidobacterium
Chickens
Culture Media
Dairy Products
Feces
Food Microbiology
Phenotype
Rabbits
Rats
Sewage

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