Molecular quantification of lactic acid bacteria in fermented milk products using real-time quantitative PCR

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

1990 • 15,514 citations

A MEDIUM FOR THE CULTIVATION OF LACTOBACILLI

1960 • 5,239 citations

Probiotics in primary prevention of atopic disease: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

2001 • 2,461 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence of a 16S ribosomal RNA gene from Escherichia coli.

1978 • 2,326 citations

Improved Medium for Lactic Streptococci and Their Bacteriophages

1975 • 2,294 citations

Commensal Host-Bacterial Relationships in the Gut

2001 • 2,278 citations

Molecular Analysis of Commensal Host-Microbial Relationships in the Intestine

2001 • 2,152 citations

Oral bacteriotherapy as maintenance treatment in patients with chronic pouchitis: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

2000 • 1,505 citations

Improved Medium for Lactic Streptococci and Their Bacteriophages

1975 • 1,121 citations

Variations of Bacterial Populations in Human Feces Measured by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization with Group-Specific 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes

1998 • 1,064 citations

Probiotics in the management of atopic eczema

2000 • 995 citations

Alterations of the dominant faecal bacterial groups in patients with Crohn's disease of the colon

2003 • 733 citations

Molecular Diversity of Lactobacillus spp. and Other Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Human Intestine as Determined by Specific Amplification of 16S Ribosomal DNA

2002 • 675 citations

Development of 16S rRNA-Gene-Targeted Group-Specific Primers for the Detection and Identification of Predominant Bacteria in Human Feces

2002 • 638 citations

Quantification of Bacterial Groups within Human Fecal Flora by Oligonucleotide Probe Hybridization

2000 • 519 citations

Taxonomy and physiology of probiotic lactic acid bacteria

1998 • 506 citations

Distribution of Bifidobacterial Species in Human Intestinal Microflora Examined with 16S rRNA-Gene-Targeted Species-Specific Primers

1999 • 454 citations

The normal Lactobacillus flora of healthy human rectal and oral mucosa

1998 • 440 citations

Evaluation of Media for Selective Enumeration of Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Bifidobacteria

1996 • 433 citations

Comparative Study of Bacterial Groups within the Human Cecal and Fecal Microbiota

2001 • 390 citations

Nutritional improvement of cereals by fermentation

1989 • 323 citations

Molecular analysis of the composition of the bifidobacterial and lactobacillus microflora of humans

1996 • 304 citations

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Homology Studies of Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei sp. nov., subsp. paracasei and subsp. tolerans, and Lactobacillus rhamnosus sp. nov., comb. nov.

1989 • 275 citations

Taxonomy of the Lactobacillus acidophilus Group

1980 • 272 citations

Microbial Community Dynamics during Production of the Mexican Fermented Maize Dough Pozol

2000 • 264 citations

Selection and characterization of mixed starter cultures for lactic acid fermentation of carrot, cabbage, beet and onion vegetable mixtures

2001 • 253 citations

Application of 5′-Nuclease PCR for Quantitative Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in Pure Cultures, Water, Skim Milk, and Unpasteurized Whole Milk

2000 • 253 citations

Intrageneric Structure of Streptococcus Based on Comparative Analysis of Small-Subunit rRNA Sequences

1991 • 250 citations

Lactose malabsorption from yogurt, pasteurized yogurt, sweet acidophilus milk, and cultured milk in lactase-deficient individuals

1984 • 246 citations

Microbiology and Biochemistry of Cheese and Fermented Milk

1997 • 237 citations

Lactic Acid Bacteria in Health and Disease

1992 • 231 citations

Taxonomic Study of the Lactobacillus acidophilus Group, with Recognition of Lactobacillus gallinarum sp. nov. and Lactobacillus johnsonii sp. nov. and Synonymy of Lactobacillus acidophilus Group A3 (Johnson et al. 1980) with the Type Strain of Lactobacillus amylovorus (Nakamura 1981)

1992 • 230 citations

Differentiation of Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei and Lactobacillus rhamnosus by polymerase chain reaction

1999 • 212 citations

How Quantitative is Quantitative PCR with Respect to Cell Counts?

2000 • 208 citations

Comparison of Different Approaches To Quantify Staphylococcus aureus Cells by Real-Time Quantitative PCR and Application of This Technique for Examination of Cheese

2001 • 207 citations

Non-dairy lactic fermentations: the cereal world

1999 • 183 citations

Reclassification of Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei ATCC 393 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC 15820 as Lactobacillus zeae nom. rev., Designation of ATCC 334 as the Neotype of L. casei subsp. casei, and Rejection of the Name Lactobacillus paracasei

1996 • 159 citations

Identification and Classification of Lactobacillus Acidophilus, L. Gasseri and L. Johnsonii Strains by SDS-PAGE and rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probe Hybridization

1993 • 158 citations

Viability of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei in Fermented Milk Products During Refrigerated Storage

1996 • 156 citations

Untitled

1999 • 152 citations

Isolation and identification of lactobacilli from novel-type probiotic and mild yoghurts and their stability during refrigerated storage

1999 • 149 citations

Comparison of media for the detection of bifidobacteria, lactobacilli and total anaerobes from faecal samples

1999 • 148 citations

Species-Specific Identification of Commercial Probiotic Strains

2002 • 139 citations

Detection and quantification of the iap gene of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua by a new real-time quantitative PCR assay

2001 • 139 citations

Microbiology and technology of fermented milks

1997 • 138 citations

Method of quantifying the loss of acidification activity of lactic acid starters during freezing and frozen storage

2000 • 118 citations

Microflora and acidification properties of yogurt and yogurt-related products fermented with commercially available starter cultures

1993 • 116 citations

Probiotic microorganisms: how they affect intestinal pathophysiology

2002 • 110 citations

Operating Conditions That Affect the Resistance of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Freezing and Frozen Storage

2001 • 106 citations

Molecular Diversity of Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Leuconostoc citreumIsolated from Traditional French Cheeses as Revealed by RAPD Fingerprinting, 16S rDNA Sequencing and 16S rDNA Fragment Amplification

2000 • 101 citations

Comparative Sequence Analyses of the Genes Coding for 16S rRNA of Lactobacillus casei-Related Taxa

1997 • 96 citations

Designation of ATCC 334 in Place of ATCC 393 (NCDO 161) as the Neotype Strain of Lactobacillus casei subsp. casei and Rejection of the Name Lactobacillus paracasei (Collins et al., 1989): Request for an Opinion

1991 • 90 citations

Improvement of Lactose Digestion by Humans Following Ingestion of Unfermented Acidophilus Milk: Influence of Bile Sensitivity, Lactose Transport, and Acid Tolerance of Lactobacillus acidophilus

1997 • 88 citations

Effect of Milks Inoculated with Lactobacillus acidophilus or a Yogurt Starter Culture in Lactose-Maldigesting Children

1995 • 85 citations

Molecular Diversity of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Cassava Sour Starch (Colombia)

2000 • 81 citations

Development and potential of starter lactobacilli resulting from exploration of the sourdough ecosystem.

2002 • 64 citations

The Lactic Microflora of Pigs, Mice and Rats

1992 • 58 citations

Comparison of two selective media for the detection and enumeration of Lactobacilli in human faeces

2002 • 58 citations

Identification of Lactobacillus species using tDNA-PCR

2002 • 53 citations

Determination of chromosome size and number ofrrnloci inLactobacillus plantarumby pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

1994 • 50 citations

Molecular identification of Lactobacillus hilgardii and genetic relatedness with Lactobacillus brevis

1999 • 50 citations

Physical and genetic map of Streptococcus thermophilus A054

1994 • 36 citations

Physical and genetic map of the Lactobacillus sakei 23K chromosome The GenBank accession numbers for the sequences reported in this paper are given in Table 2 and the legend to Fig. 3.

2002 • 34 citations

Starter Culture Activity in Refrigerated Fermented Soymilk

1999 • 31 citations

Detection and identification of lactic acid bacteria in milk and industrial starter culture with fluorescently labeled rRNA-targeted peptide nucleic acid probes

2001 • 18 citations

Quantitation by PCR of yoghurt starters in a model yoghurt produced with a genetically modified Streptococcus thermophilus

1998 • 8 citations

Classification and identification of bacteria important in the manufacture of cheese

1997 • 2 citations