Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for human fecal microbiota and its application for analysis of complex bifidobacterial communities

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-142

  Sakamoto, Mitsuo ^a   Hayashi, Hidenori ^a   Benno, Yoshimi ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterial community; Fecal microbiota; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037281247     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb02796.x     Document Type: Article

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