Use of 16S rRNA gene-targeted group-specific primers for real-time PCR analysis of predominant bacteria in human feces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7220-7228

  Matsuki, Takahiro ^a   Watanabe, Koichi ^a   Fujimoto, Junji ^a   Takada, Toshihiko ^a   Tanaka, Ryuichiro ^a  

^a YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPOSITION; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; PRIMERS; QUANTIFICATION;

BACTERIA;

PRIMER RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ATOPOBIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; PREVOTELLA;

EID: 10444226583     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7220-7228.2004     Document Type: Article

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