PHASE VARIATIONS IN BIFIDOBACTERIUM-ANIMALIS

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作者
BIAVATI, B
CROCIANI, F
MATTARELLI, P
SCARDOVI, V
机构
[1] UNIV BOLOGNA,INST AGRARIAN MICROBIOL,VIA FILIPPO RE 6,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[2] INST RES CODIVILLA PUTTI,CNR,INST NORMAL & PATHOL CYTOMORPHOL,BOLOGNA,ITALY
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10.1007/BF01570083
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Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Strains isolated from rabbit, chicken, and rat feces and from sewage and fermented milk products, all identified as Bifidobacterium animalis, were found to show phase variations in colony appearance and in cellular morphology. The rate of transition in a switching system from opaque to transparent colonies and vice versa was determined. Differences in protein components and in penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of the cells from different colony types are shown.
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