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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2003, p. 4296-4301, Vol. 69, No. 7
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4296-4301.2003
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Identification and Tracing of Bifidobacterium Species by Use of Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus Sequences
Marco Ventura, Valerie Meylan, and Ralf Zink*
Nestlé Research Center, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
Received 2 December 2002/
Accepted 2 April 2003
Eighty-nine Bifidobacterium strains from 26 species were identified and classified to the species level with an enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR approach. We demonstrated that ERIC-PCR is useful for a phylogenetic and taxonomical analysis but as well as for a species composition analysis of mixed bifidobacterial cultures isolated from dairy products and other environments.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Nestlé Research Center, Route du Jourat 57, Vers-Chez-Les-Blanc, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland. Phone: 41-21-785-8901. Fax: 41-21-785-8925. E-mail: ralf.zink{at}rdls.nestle.com.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2003, p. 4296-4301, Vol. 69, No. 7
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4296-4301.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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