Analysis of the intestinal microflora: A renaissance

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 265-278

  Tannock, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Intestine; Methodology; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0032848195     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002038308506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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