Differentiation of Bifidobacterium longum subspecies longum and infantis by quantitative PCR using functional gene targets

Background Members of the genus Bifidobacterium are abundant in the feces of babies during the exclusively-milk-diet period of life. Bifidobacterium longum is reported to be a common member of the infant fecal microbiota. However, B. longum is composed of three subspecies, two of which are represent...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Blair Lawley, Karen Munro, Alan Hughes, Alison J. Hodgkinson, Colin G. Prosser, Dianne Lowry, Shao J. Zhou, Maria Makrides, Robert A. Gibson, Christophe Lay, Charmaine Chew, Pheng Soon Lee, Khai Hong Wong, Gerald W. Tannock
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2017-05-01
Subjects:	Bifidobacterium Longum Infantis qPCR Functional gene
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/3375.pdf