Distribution analysis of six predominant Bacteroides species in normal human feces using 16s rDNA-targeted species-specific primers

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 133-136

  Miyamoto, Yukiko ^a   Watanabe, Koichi ^a   Tanaka, Ryuichiro ^a   Itoh, Kikuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteroides; Feces; Human; Species specific primer

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BRILLIANT GREEN; DNA 16S; NEOMYCIN; PRIMER DNA; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES OVATUS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES EGGERTHII; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES OVATUS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; OVATUS;

EID: 0036758519     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089106002320644302     Document Type: Article

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