Molecular microbial ecology of the gastrointestinal tract: From phylogeny to function

Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 31-48

  Zoetendal, Erwin G ^a   Cheng, Biao ^a   Koike, Satoshi ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA MICROARRAY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA FINGERPRINTING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 4544359260     PISSN: 1466531X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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