RAPD and rep-PCR fingerprinting for characterization of Bifidobacterium species

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Authors	KŘÍŽOVÁ Jana ŠPANOVÁ Alena RITTICH Bohuslav
Year of publication	2008
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Folia Microbiologica
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords	Bifidobacterium; characterization; RAPD; rep-PCR
Description	DNA fingerprinting methods, RAPD with 7 random primers, and rep-PCR using both BOXAIR and (GTG)(5) ones, were used for the discrimination of 16 type and collection Bifidobacterium strains of 9 species of human origin, B. animalis ssp. animalis and B. animalis ssp.lactis and 7 Bifidobacterium strains collected in the Culture Collection of Dairy Microorganisms (CCDM).
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