Bacterial succession in the colon during childhood and adolescence: Molecular studies in a southern Indian village

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1643-1647

  Balamurugan, Ramadass ^a   Janardhan, Harish P ^a   George, Sarah ^a   Chittaranjan, Sucharita Priya ^a   Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EUBACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVOTELLA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUBACTERIUM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA;

EID: 57449095009     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26511     Document Type: Article

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