Tools for stools: The challenge of assessing human intestinal microbiota using molecular diagnostics

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-365

  Brugère, Jean François ^a   Mihajlovski, Agnès ^a   Missaoui, Mohieddine ^a   Peyret, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; DNA microarray; GI tract; Gut microbiota; In vitro diagnostic; Inflammatory bowel disease; Metagenomic

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON FLORA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTERITIS; EUKARYOTE; FECES ANALYSIS; FIRMICUTES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOMICS; METHANOBACTERIUM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BREAST FEEDING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; VITAMINS;

EID: 66449131266     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erm.09.16     Document Type: Review

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