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Genetic and phenotypic diversity of Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum fecal isolates from newborns.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Dec 2007
Kheadr E, Dabour N, von Ah U, Lacroix C, Meile L, Fliss I
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This study was undertaken to genetically identify and phenotypically characterize 14 bifidobacteria isolated from 20 breast-fed newborns. These isolates showed 98%-99% similarity to Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum subsp. suis based on 16S rDNA. Further analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of chromosomal DNA digested with XbaI revealed 4 distinct restriction patterns. The predominant pattern, shared by 8...
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