Mucosally associated bacterial flora of the human colon: Quantitative and species specific differences between normal and inflamed colonic biopsies

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-174

  Pathmakanthan, Shri ^a   Thornley, John P ^a   Hawkey, Chris J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. thetaiotaomicron; Intestinal flora; Lactobacillus; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0032714009     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089106099435754     Document Type: Article

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