Direct analysis of genes encoding 16S rRNA from complex communities reveals many novel molecular species within the human gut

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4799-4807

  Suau, Antonia ^a,c   Bonnet, Régis ^c   Sutren, Malène ^a   Godon, Jean Jacques ^b   Gibson, Glenn R ^c   Collins, Matthew D ^c   Doré, Joel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; BIODIVERSITY; CLOSTRIDIUM; EUBACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; FUSOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 0032755259     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4799-4807.1999     Document Type: Article

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