Molecular Ecological Analysis of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota: A Review

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 465-472

  Zoetendal, Erwin G ^a   Collier, Chad T ^a   Koike, Satoshi ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^a   Gaskins, H Rex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Gastrointestinal microbiota; Microbial ecology; Molecular techniques

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROPATHY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0942279586     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.2.465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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