PCR detection and quantitation of predominant anaerobic bacteria in human and animal fecal samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1242-1247

  Wang, Rong Fu ^a   Cao, Wei Wen ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES; CAT; CLOSTRIDIUM; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; RAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RATS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029881547     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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