Quantification of different Eubacterium spp. in human fecal samples with species-specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 375-382

  Schwiertz, Andreas ^a   Le Blay, Gwenaelle ^a   Blaut, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ECOLOGY; EUBACTERIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUBACTERIUM BARKERI; EUBACTERIUM BIFORME; EUBACTERIUM CONTORTUM; EUBACTERIUM CYLINDROIDES; EUBACTERIUM DOLICHUM; EUBACTERIUM HADRUM; EUBACTERIUM LENTUM; EUBACTERIUM LIMOSUM; EUBACTERIUM MONILIFORME; EUBACTERIUM VENTRIOSUM;

EID: 0033986423     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.375-382.2000     Document Type: Article

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