Molecular evaluation of the human gut methanogenic archaeal microbiota reveals an age-associated increase of the diversity

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-280

  Mihajlovski, Agnès ^a   Doré, Joël ^b   Levenez, Florence ^b   Alric, Monique ^a   Brugère, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; METHANOSPHAERA STADTMANAE; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 78649715888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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