Culture-independent molecular analysis of microbial constituents of the healthy human outer ear

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 295-303

  Frank, Daniel N ^b   Spiegelman, George B ^a   Davis, William ^b   Wagner, Eileen ^b   Lyons, Eric ^b   Pace, Norman R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM OTITIDIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EAR CANAL; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; MICROBIOTA; POSIBACTERIA; TURICELLA OTITIDIS;

EID: 12244265754     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.295-303.2003     Document Type: Article

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