Characterization of mucosa-associated bacterial communities of the mouse intestine by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism: Utility of sampling strategies and methods to reduce single-stranded DNA artifacts

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Costa, Estela ^a   Puhl, Nathan J ^a   Selinger, L Brent ^a   Inglis, G Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intestine; Mucosa associated bacteria; Single stranded artifacts; Statistical analyses; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA; NUCLEASE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLYSORBATE 80; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CECUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DNA EXTRACTION; HAND WASHING; ILEUM MUCOSA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOUSE; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CECUM; COLON, DESCENDING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ILEUM; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 67650109561     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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