Development of the human infant intestinal microbiota

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1556-1573

  Palmer, Chana ^a   Bik, Elisabeth M ^a   DiGiulio, Daniel B ^a,b   Relman, David A ^a,b   Brown, Patrick O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BABY; BACTERIUM; BIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATHER; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLORA; MILK; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SIBLING; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TIME; VAGINA; ADULT; AGE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BREAST MILK; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIOME; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROBIOME; MILK, HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; VAGINA;

EID: 34547129847     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050177     Document Type: Article

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