Phylogenetic relationships of butyrate-producing bacteria from the human gut

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1654-1661

  Barcenilla, Adela ^a   Pryde, Susan E ^a   Martin, Jennifer C ^a   Duncan, Sylvia H ^a   Stewart, Colin S ^a   Henderson, Colin ^b   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; BUTYRIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AGE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUBACTERIUM; FECES; FOOD PREFERENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BUTYRATES; COLON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUBACTERIUM RAMULUS; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; POSIBACTERIA; ROSEBURIA CECICOLA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034111016     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1654-1661.2000     Document Type: Article

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