Intra-specific composition and succession of Bifidobacterium longum in human feces.
Intra-species analysis of pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) on human fecal Bifidobacterium longum isolates revealed that a majority of 12 Japanese subjects harbored strains of unique PFGE types or subtypes over a 68-week period, suggesting that "indigenous"Bifidobacterium strains remain stable for a considerable time in each individual intestinal microbiota.
Kohara
Tomomi
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Department of Bioresource and Agrobiosciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokko-dai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
Hayashi
Sachiko
S
Hamatsuka
Juri
J
Nishitani
Yosuke
Y
Masuda
Yoshihiro
Y
Osawa
Ro
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D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan
D004269:DNA, Bacterial