Sequence analysis of bacterial DNA in the colon and stomach of the Tyrolean Iceman

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 297-309

  Cano, Raul J ^a   Tiefenbrunner, Friedrich ^b   Ubaldi, Massimo ^c   Del Cueto, Clarissa ^d   Luciani, Stefania ^c   Cox, Tobe ^a   Orkand, Paula ^d   Kunzel, Karl H ^b   Rollo, Franco ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

16s rDNA; Colon microflora; Iceman; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BURKHOLDERIA PICKETTII; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; DNA DETERMINATION; EUBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO;

ANIMALS; COLON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOSSILS; GENE LIBRARY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH;

EID: 0033938753     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200007)112:3<297::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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