title: Identification and quantification of viable Bifidobacterium breve strain Yakult in human faeces by using strain-specific primers and propidium monoazide.
authors.affiliation: Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan. junji-fujimoto@yakult.co.jp
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanigawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D001386:Azides; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007364:Intercalating Agents; D050296:Microbial Viability; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D019936:Probiotics; D011419:Propidium / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D017931:DNA Primers; D007364:Intercalating Agents; C533957:propidium monoazide; D011419:Propidium