Bifidobacteria

Methods for the Isolation and Recovery of Bifidobacteria.- Bifidobacterium Transformation.- Isolation of Chromosomal and Plasmid DNA from Bifidobacteria.- Assembly, Annotation, and Comparative Analysis of Bifidobacterial Genomes.- Site-directed Mutagenesis of Bifidobacterium Strains.- Protocol to Select Bifidobacteria from Fecal and Environmental Samples.- Phageome Analysis of Bifidobacteria-Rich Samples.- Measuring Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Production by Bifidobacteria.- Detection, Isolation, and Purification of Bifidobacterial Exopolysaccharides.- Determination of Bifidobacterial Carbohydrate Utilisation Abilities and Associated Metabolic End-Products.- Model for Murine Gut Colonisation by Bifidobacteria.- Identification of Bifidobacteria by the Phosphoketolase Assay.- Determination of Bile Salt Hydrolase Activity in Bifidobacteria.- A Resource for Cloning and Expression Vectors Designed for Bifidobacteria: Overview of Available Tools and Biotechnological Applications.- Metagenomic Analyses of Bifidobacterial Communities.- Resistance of Bifidobacteria toward Antibiotics.- In vitro Assessment of Prebiotic Activity.- Bifidobacterium Genome Assembly and Methylome Analysis using Pacbio SMRT Sequencing.