Genetic diversity of viable, injured, and dead fecal bacteria assessed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and 16S rRNA gene analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4679-4689

  Ben Amor, Kaouther ^a   Heilig, Hans ^a   Smidt, Hauke ^a   Vaughan, Elaine E ^a   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; RNA;

DEAD CELLS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RRNA GENES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

RNA 16S;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; BUTYRIVIBRIO; CELL VIABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EUBACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; RUMINOCOCCUS;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; BUTYRIVIBRIO CROSSOTUS; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; EUBACTERIUM BIFORME; EUBACTERIUM HALLII; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; RUMINOCOCCUS OBEUM;

EID: 23744446233     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4679-4689.2005     Document Type: Article

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