Molecular characterization and spatial analysis of a simplified gut microbiota displaying colonization resistance against Clostridium difficile

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 203-210

  Thomas, Vincent ^a   Rochet, Violaine ^b   Boureau, Helene ^a   Ekstrand, Caroline ^a   Bulteau, Stéphane ^a   Doré, Joël ^b   Collignon, Anne ^a   Bourlioux, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Flow cytometry; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Mouse model; rRNA probes; Simplified gut microbiota

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM FUSIFORMIS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0036880511     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600310002082     Document Type: Article

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