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Genomic diversity of cultivable Lactobacillus populations residing in the neonatal and adult gastrointestinal tract.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Jan 2007
Wall Rebecca, Fitzgerald Gerald, Hussey Séamus, Ryan Tony, Murphy Brendan, Ross Paul, Stanton Catherine
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to investigate the cultivable Lactobacillus population in adult and infant faecal material to identify strains shared across a number of individuals. A range of lactobacilli isolated on Lactobacillus-selective agar from faeces of 16 infants and 11 adults were genetically fingerprinted and further characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The relatedness of all the Lactobacillus...
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