Figure 1

Useful RAPD primers producing diverse polymorphisms from L. acidophilus. The fingerprint patterns generated from strain LMG 9433^T are shown for 15 of the primers which were capable of amplifying diverse polymorphisms. The primer number is shown above each lane (the corresponding primer sequence is given in Table 2) and the size of relevant molecular markers (lane M) indicated in bp. The primers selected for typing of LAB are shown (*) with primer 272 being run in duplicate as a control and test.