Assessment of fecal bacteria with bile acid 7α-dehydroxylating activity for the presence of bai-like genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1185-1188

  Doerner, Kinchel C ^a,c   Takamine, Fusae ^b   LaVoie, Crystal P ^a   Mallonee, Darrell H ^a   Hylemon, Phillip B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BILE ACID; CHOLIC ACID; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; EUBACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; EUBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 0031038206     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1185-1188.1997     Document Type: Article

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