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Sébastien Matamoros1, Patricia Savard, Denis Roy
1Institut des nutraceutiques et aliments fonctionnels (INAF), Département des Sciences des aliments et de nutrition, Université Laval, QC, Canada.
Abstract:
A multilocus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) scheme was developed and 44 isolates of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum were typed, including 5 isolates recovered during a clinical trial. The MLVA scheme generated 19 profiles and proved to be a fast, reliable and relatively cheap typing method.
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