Taxonomy and physiology of probiotic lactic acid bacteria.

doi:10.1016/s0168-1605(98)00049-x

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Taxonomy and physiology of probiotic lactic acid bacteria.

International journal of food microbiology - 26 May 1998

Klein G, Pack A, Bonaparte C, Reuter G

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The current taxonomy of probiotic lactic acid bacteria is reviewed with special focus on the genera Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Enterococcus. The physiology and taxonomic position of species and strains of these genera were investigated by phenotypic and genomic methods. In total, 176 stra...

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Bifidobacterium
DNA, Bacterial
Digestive System
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Enterococcus
Genotype
Humans
Lactobacillus
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Lacticaseibacillus casei
Phenotype
Probiotics
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique

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