Laboratory tools for detection of archaea in humans

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 825-833

  Dridi, B ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Endodontic infections; Faeces; Human; Methanobrevibacter oralis; Methanobrevibacter smithii; Methanogenic; Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis; Methanosphaera stadtmanae; Microbiome; Stool

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GINGIVAL BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHANOBREVIBACTER ORALIS; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; METHANOMASSILIICOCCUS LUMINYENSIS; METHANOSPHAERA STADTMANAE; MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINA MUCOSA;

EID: 84865290179     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03952.x     Document Type: Review

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