Recognition of greater diversity of Bacillus species and related bacteria in human faeces

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Hoyles, Lesley ^a   Honda, Harue ^a   Logan, Niall A ^b   Halket, Gillian ^b   La Ragione, Roberto M ^c,d   McCartney, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic spore formers; Bacillus; Gut microbiota; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYSINIBACILLUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANOBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UREIBACILLUS;

ADULT; BACILLUS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLACEAE; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CLAUSII; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OCEANOBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UREIBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS;

EID: 84855911234     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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