A simulation of microbial competition in the human colonic ecosystem

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3632-3639

  Coleman, Margaret E ^a,c   Dreesen, David W ^b   Wiegert, Richard G ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES OVATUS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM VARIUM; OVATUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029782669     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3632-3639.1996     Document Type: Article

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