Microbiomic analysis of the bifidobacterial population in the human distal gut

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 745-751

  Turroni, Francesca ^a   Marchesi, Julian R ^b   Foroni, Elena ^a   Gueimonde, Miguel ^c   Shanahan, Fergus ^d   Margolles, Abelardo ^c   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^d   Ventura, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Gut biodiversity; Human gut microbiota; Microbiomics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 67549119095     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.19     Document Type: Article

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