Molecular detection of the ruminal bacterium, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, in feces from rural residents of southern India

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-43

  Balamurugan, Ramadass ^a   Chittaranjan, Sucharita Priya ^a   Chandragunasekaran, Aarthi Merlin ^a   Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; Butyrivibrio; Colon; Fermentation; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA 16S;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RURAL POPULATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BUTYRIVIBRIO; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS;

EID: 67651161914     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600802636265     Document Type: Article

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