title: [Analysis of Bifidobacteria spp. composition in human gut via temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE)].
abstract: Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (TGGE) method combined with 16S rDNA clone library profiling was used to analyze Bifidobacteria spp. composition in human gut in this study. Bifidobacteria group-specific TGGE patterns of 10 healthy human individuals showed that the Bifidobacteria population in humans was host-specific. The genomic diversity and species composition of Bifidobacteria in different individual was dissimilar. Through sequencing and TGGE comigration analysis of the Bifidobacteria group-specific amplicons for one healthy boy, it was revealed that the TGGE bands of this individual represented species Bifidobacterium bifidum, B. infantis, B. longum, B. adolescentis, B. pseudocatenulatum and one potentially new species, respectively. B. pseudocatenulatum was the most common species of tested samples. While as control, only two species- B. pseudocatenulatum and B. longum were isolated using traditional culture method. Bifidobacteria group-specific PCR based TGGE method combined with 16S rDNA clone library profiling is a sensitive and effective approach to resolve the population structure of Bifidobacteria in microflora of human intestinal tract.
authors.affiliation: School of life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Bao-rang
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Gui-fang
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Li-ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S