Beyond bacteria: A study of the enteric microbial consortium in extremely low birth weight infants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  LaTuga, Mariam Susan ^a   Ellis, Joseph Christopher ^b   Cotton, Charles Michael ^b,c   Goldberg, Ronald N ^b,c   Wynn, James L ^b,c   Jackson, Robert B ^b   Seed, Patrick C ^b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CANDIDA; CLAVISPORA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIALES; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS C; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTIPLE DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION; NEWBORN; PSEUDOMONAS; PYROSEQUENCING; RIBOSOME; SHOTGUN SEQUENCING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRICHINELLA; XENORHABDUS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 82955201588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027858     Document Type: Article

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