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Growth, physiological characteristics and plasmid profiles of Bifidobacterium species

Creator:

Cheng, Ronshan

Abstract:

The fecal flora of healthy bottle or breast-fed infants was examined for the presence of Bifidobacterium. Identification was based on the presence of fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase, which is found only in these bacteria. No bifidobacteria were recovered from bottle-fed infants. However, bifidobacteria were readily isolated from 15 day to 3 month...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis