Age and disease related changes in intestinal bacterial populations assessed by cell culture, 16S rRNA abundance, and community cellular fatty acid profiles

Gut

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 198-205

  Hopkins, M J ^a   Sharp, R ^b   Macfarlane, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cellular fatty acids; Clostridium difficile infection; Intestinal bacteria; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTEROIDACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0035124967     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.48.2.198     Document Type: Article

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