Unveiling an abundant core microbiota in the human adult colon by a phylogroup-independent searching approach

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-531

  Sekelja, Monika ^a,b   Berget, Ingunn ^c   Næs, Tormod ^a,b   Rudi, Knut ^a,d  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; core microbiota; evolution; human

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION BALANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COLON; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COLON; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACHNOSPIRACEAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951811014     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.129     Document Type: Article

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