Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of 16S rRNA from human fecal samples reveals stable and host-specific communities of active bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3854-3859

  Zoetendal, Erwin G ^a   Akkermans, Antoon D L ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 0031684010     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3854-3859.1998     Document Type: Article

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