Metagenomics and development of the gut microbiota in infants

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2012, Pages 21-26

  Valles Y ^a   Gosalbes, M J ^a,b   de Vries, L E ^c,d   Abellan J J ^a,b   Francino, M P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Faeces; Intestinal microbiota; Meconium; Metagenomics

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AMNION FLUID; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MECONIUM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861675361     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03876.x     Document Type: Article

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