Development of a 16S rRNA-based Probe for Clostridium ramosum, C. spiroforme and C. cocleatum and its Application for the Quantification in Human Faeces from Volunteers of Different Age Groups

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 131-136

  Wildeboer Veloo, Alida C M ^a   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^a   Degener, John E ^a   Welling, Gjalt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteria; Clostridium; Faeces; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Microbiota; Probe; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; UROBILINOGEN;

AGE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WEANING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCLEATUM; CLOSTRIDIUM RAMOSUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPIROFORME; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0345095388     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600310018823     Document Type: Article

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