FIG. 5.

Monitoring of the Lactobacillus-like community of adults in time. DGGE analysis of amplicons generated by nested PCR with primers Lab-0159f and Uni-0515-GCr, originating from three individuals (K, L, and M) from whom fecal samples were obtained at 0, 6, and 20 months. The dominant fragments in Lactobacillus-like patterns indicated by arrows and numbers were sequenced and compared to known sequences in GenBank, as described in Table 4. The origin of the fragments and the corresponding clones (see Table 4) are indicated as follows: 1, L. gasseri (F706); 2, L. casei (F703); 3, L. paracasei (F723); 4, L. ruminis (F748); 5, L. ruminis (F754); 6, L. sakei (F749); 7, L. casei (F747); 8, L. ruminis (F761); and 9, L. ruminis (F763).