Designing and validation of genus-specific primers for human gut flora study

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-511

  Rekha, Rani ^a   Rizvi, Moshahid Alam ^b   Jaishree, Paul ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA based primers; Anaerobic bacteria; Diarrhoea patient; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; ENZYMES; REACTION KINETICS; RNA;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIAS; BIFIDOBACTERIUMS; DIARRHOEA PATIENTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS;

GENES;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENUS; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINOCOCCUS;

BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; LACTOBACILLUS; PEPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS;

EID: 33750496248     PISSN: 07173458     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol9-issue5-fulltext-2     Document Type: Article

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