Gastrointestinal microbiology enters the metagenomics era

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-10

  Frank, Daniel N ^a   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Culture independent analysis; Metagenomics; Phylogenetic analysis; rRNA gene; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ILEITIS; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; OBESITY; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIOME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 36549028432     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3282f2b0e8     Document Type: Review

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