Human colonic biota studied by ribosomal DNA sequence analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2273-2278

  Wilson, Kenneth H ^a,b   Blitchington, Rhonda B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; COLON; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0029900986     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2273-2278.1996     Document Type: Article

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