Quantification of bacterial groups within human fecal flora by oligonucleotide probe hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2263-2266

  Sghir, Abdelghani ^a,c   Gramet, Genevieve ^a   Suau, Antonia ^a   Rochet, Violaine ^a   Pochart, Philippe ^b   Dore, Joel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON FLORA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; FECES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0034017583     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.2263-2266.2000     Document Type: Article

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