Use of portable enrichment unit in rapid characterization of infantile intestinal enterobacterial microbiota

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Pesola, Jouni ^a,b   Vaarala, Outi ^c   Heitto, Anneli ^a   Hakalehto, Elias ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Finnoflag Oy Kuopio ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacterial enrichment; Enterobacteriaceae; Gastrointestinal tract; Infant; PMEU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 73449096143     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08910600903367810     Document Type: Article

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